Data

U. Missouri, Columbia

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   508,580   462,435   432,310   388,779   332,180   310,421   294,686   293,006   280,051   246,684
    Science   428,373   390,225   319,327   297,815   250,563   240,473   230,549   229,143   219,566   207,876
      Computer and information sciences   4,601   6,644   6,157   6,866   4,187   4,567   1,660   2,025   2,640   2,567
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   2,856   1,728   1,575   1,249   988   1,335   1,005   1,481   1,103   1,422
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   12   33   6   0
        Geological and earth sciences   2,856   1,728   1,543   1,232   964   1,311   992   1,437   1,090   1,420
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   32   17   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   24   24   1   11   7   2
      Life sciences   331,995   309,601   283,404   237,728   220,890   210,550   198,676   197,347   191,299   181,701
        Agricultural sciences   131,330   122,054   91,367   86,679   71,875   69,960   68,948   67,387   65,384   86,596
        Biological and biomedical sciences   60,791   51,453   56,404   51,630   50,323   55,276   57,829   59,437   56,386   19,416
        Health sciences   117,868   114,187   98,322   79,594   78,021   62,918   51,464   52,390   49,809   56,832
        Natural resources and conservation   21,530   20,041   25,941   13,304   12,922   16,067   14,441   14,210   14,679   0
        Life sciences nec   476   1,866   11,370   6,521   7,749   6,329   5,994   3,923   5,041   18,857
      Mathematics and statistics   3,126   1,583   1,666   1,377   1,279   1,308   1,670   2,069   2,032   2,111
      Physical sciences   63,587   57,534   9,469   8,722   9,173   10,286   13,985   14,109   11,058   6,364
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   0
        Chemistry   9,570   6,362   6,050   5,501   5,730   4,266   4,893   4,207   4,458   3,642
        Materials science   0   0   221   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   54,017   51,172   3,198   3,221   3,443   6,020   9,092   9,902   6,598   2,722
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   7,620   6,593   6,487   5,836   7,898   8,771   10,169   8,234   7,282   1,884
      Social sciences   7,971   3,972   8,731   6,665   3,957   2,840   3,037   3,611   3,967   11,827
        Anthropology   688   210   235   201   48   108   265   275   204   0
        Economics   3,082   1,242   1,651   2,117   1,973   2,220   2,083   2,389   2,352   9,946
        Political science and government   2,394   1,539   451   267   0   4   30   42   210   758
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   642   228   308   504   174   34   322   458   827   546
        Social sciences nec   1,165   753   6,086   3,576   1,762   474   337   447   374   577
      Sciences nec   6,617   2,570   1,838   29,372   2,191   816   347   267   185   0
    Engineering   30,592   24,365   78,494   56,685   53,343   48,028   44,864   43,053   43,353   35,554
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   243   587   79   67   69   126   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   3,090   2,417   2,629   1,646   3,107   3,887   3,210   3,264   4,865   95
      Chemical engineering   1,582   902   1,085   947   674   972   1,058   1,131   1,077   653
      Civil engineering   4,938   4,784   7,982   5,584   5,955   3,833   4,085   3,474   4,247   2,427
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   9,558   8,281   7,217   7,519   6,429   4,822   2,733   1,928   2,225   4,272
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   938   410   460   790   680   443   286   431   1,015   0
      Mechanical engineering   2,982   4,550   3,907   3,938   2,617   2,649   3,307   2,819   3,100   1,842
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   2,043   467   344   98   85   128   112   22   0   0
      Engineering nec   5,461   2,554   54,870   35,920   33,209   31,215   30,006   29,915   26,698   26,265
    Non-S&E   49,615   47,845   34,489   34,279   28,274   21,920   19,273   20,810   17,132   3,254
      Business management and business administration   424   613   606   825   3   3   3   10   23   21
      Communication and communications technologies   2,763   2,678   3,088   3,556   2,455   2,174   1,819   1,258   133   79
      Education   28,145   29,269   21,075   19,809   18,319   14,071   11,001   8,738   8,140   2,447
      Humanities   3,700   589   432   676   270   363   370   270   289   294
      Law   189   186   167   155   50   22   68   17   3   0
      Social work   1,132   892   602   839   968   950   790   688   640   0
      Visual and performing arts   2,038   381   217   204   57   52   18   18   6   0
      Non-S&E nec   11,224   13,237   8,302   8,215   6,152   4,285   5,204   9,811   7,898   413

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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