Data

U. Minnesota, Duluth

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   29,901   25,534   23,362   23,767   26,137   27,530   25,189   24,956   27,528   27,550
    Science   27,017   23,074   21,045   20,884   23,448   24,460   22,123   22,296   24,887   24,848
      Computer and information sciences   342   257   133   242   289   283   123   167   294   225
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   596   621   528   451   2,480   3,466   1,245   1,166   3,106   21,246
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   596   621   528   451   2,480   3,466   1,245   1,166   3,106   4,579
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2,891
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   13,776
      Life sciences   24,266   20,530   19,244   19,119   19,580   19,286   19,392   19,522   19,978   1,346
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   1,780   1,341   1,333   1,279   1,090   1,182   1,211   1,104   1,327   1,346
        Health sciences   70   3   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   0
        Natural resources and conservation   22,416   19,186   17,911   17,840   18,489   18,103   18,181   18,418   18,651   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   289   248   184   274   152   236   242   401   366   274
      Physical sciences   762   619   493   624   840   1,065   1,005   914   1,046   1,513
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   343   289   285   374   717   828   775   627   705   1,097
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   419   330   208   250   123   237   230   287   341   416
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   438   473   198   20   25   1   6   36   16   8
      Social sciences   324   326   265   154   82   123   110   90   81   233
        Anthropology   1   12   6   11   3   11   11   8   3   0
        Economics   14   4   0   0   14   0   0   0   5   0
        Political science and government   35   79   18   23   47   93   6   23   28   46
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   4
        Social sciences nec   274   231   241   120   18   19   93   59   45   183
      Sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   3
    Engineering   2,163   1,878   1,892   2,392   2,186   2,399   2,570   2,156   2,062   2,110
      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   143   176   163   99   181   108   82   322   93   28
      Civil engineering   855   574   718   1,133   953   737   1,144   851   1,035   1,101
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   133   150   138   150   168   262   270   247   373   378
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   627   663   622   692   451   838   561   300   219   0
      Mechanical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   278
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   405   315   251   318   433   454   513   436   342   325
    Non-S&E   721   582   425   491   503   671   496   504   579   592
      Business management and business administration   195   206   112   104   168   168   142   128   147   107
      Communication and communications technologies   32   0   3   79   7   18   23   47   52   296
      Education   92   81   53   117   44   196   105   70   89   21
      Humanities   20   31   13   5   10   26   49   74   71   65
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   51   17   3   3   5   12   0   1   0   2
      Visual and performing arts   52   52   60   27   63   91   76   77   114   95
      Non-S&E nec   279   195   181   156   206   160   101   107   106   6

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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