Data

U. Michigan, Dearborn

Total R&D expenditures, by field: 2024–15
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  All R&D fields   12,460   10,839   8,180   7,472   8,777   8,813   8,094   8,315   7,904   7,802
    Science   1,525   1,833   1,063   951   1,053   1,260   908   794   950   541
      Computer and information sciences   14   8   24   61   11   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   280   270   217   226   382   313   403   178   158   133
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   18   58   57   55   57
        Biological and biomedical sciences   66   78   99   75   121   152   204   83   58   76
        Health sciences   214   192   118   151   261   143   141   38   45   0
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   314   416   163   190   155   228   136   84   13   14
      Physical sciences   346   515   262   169   135   217   107   230   222   140
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physical sciences nec   346   515   262   169   135   217   107   230   222   140
      Psychology   365   319   178   154   112   82   25   115   56   63
      Social sciences   197   193   88   62   114   245   131   110   399   117
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Political science and government   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   152   119   51   43   80   120   73   69   8   39
        Social sciences nec   45   74   37   19   34   125   58   41   391   78
      Sciences nec   9   112   131   89   144   175   106   77   102   74
    Engineering   10,273   8,414   6,703   6,223   7,088   6,832   6,503   6,870   6,100   6,638
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Chemical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   6,014   4,177   3,375   3,097   2,866   3,239   2,989   2,762   2,298   2,276
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   1,766   1,980   1,522   898   1,111   916   858   658   498   0
      Mechanical engineering   2,206   2,052   1,600   1,774   2,424   1,847   2,002   2,576   2,280   2,502
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   287   205   206   454   687   830   654   874   1,024   1,860
    Non-S&E   662   592   414   298   636   721   683   651   854   623
      Business management and business administration   150   217   216   188   250   122   153   148   228   289
      Communication and communications technologies   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Education   39   78   27   16   70   275   220   128   292   85
      Humanities   95   61   22   19   42   84   55   40   73   46
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Non-S&E nec   378   236   149   75   274   240   255   335   261   203

NOTES:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey

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