Data

U. Minnesota, Duluth

Total R&D expenditures, by field: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
  All R&D fields   25,534   23,362   23,767   26,137   27,530   25,189   24,956   27,528   27,550   21,904
    Science   23,074   21,045   20,884   23,448   24,460   22,123   22,296   24,887   24,848   19,171
      Computer and information sciences   257   133   242   289   283   123   167   294   225   197
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   621   528   451   2,480   3,466   1,245   1,166   3,106   21,246   15,724
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   621   528   451   2,480   3,466   1,245   1,166   3,106   4,579   583
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2,891   2,362
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   13,776   12,779
      Life sciences   20,530   19,244   19,119   19,580   19,286   19,392   19,522   19,978   1,346   1,556
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   1,341   1,333   1,279   1,090   1,182   1,211   1,104   1,327   1,346   1,556
        Health sciences   3   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0
        Natural resources and conservation   19,186   17,911   17,840   18,489   18,103   18,181   18,418   18,651   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   248   184   274   152   236   242   401   366   274   294
      Physical sciences   619   493   624   840   1,065   1,005   914   1,046   1,513   1,183
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   289   285   374   717   828   775   627   705   1,097   920
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   330   208   250   123   237   230   287   341   416   263
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   473   198   20   25   1   6   36   16   8   56
      Social sciences   326   265   154   82   123   110   90   81   233   157
        Anthropology   12   6   11   3   11   11   8   3   0   0
        Economics   4   0   0   14   0   0   0   5   0   8
        Political science and government   79   18   23   47   93   6   23   28   46   6
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   6
        Social sciences nec   231   241   120   18   19   93   59   45   183   137
      Sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   3   4
    Engineering   1,878   1,892   2,392   2,186   2,399   2,570   2,156   2,062   2,110   1,951
      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   176   163   99   181   108   82   322   93   28   101
      Civil engineering   574   718   1,133   953   737   1,144   851   1,035   1,101   1,015
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   150   138   150   168   262   270   247   373   378   216
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   663   622   692   451   838   561   300   219   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   278   271
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   315   251   318   433   454   513   436   342   325   348
    Non-S&E   582   425   491   503   671   496   504   579   592   782
      Business management and business administration   206   112   104   168   168   142   128   147   107   218
      Communication and communications technologies   0   3   79   7   18   23   47   52   296   320
      Education   81   53   117   44   196   105   70   89   21   21
      Humanities   31   13   5   10   26   49   74   71   65   113
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   17   3   3   5   12   0   1   0   2   2
      Visual and performing arts   52   60   27   63   91   76   77   114   95   94
      Non-S&E nec   195   181   156   206   160   101   107   106   6   14

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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