Data

U. Missouri, Kansas City

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   57,030   54,565   52,657   33,855   36,356   31,956   25,136   25,123   26,292   26,595
    Science   32,425   33,643   38,466   22,582   26,344   23,007   18,472   19,492   21,231   23,261
      Computer and information sciences   2,783   1,344   1,075   1,698   1,625   1,456   905   978   760   1,533
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   143   388   285   190   308   402   495   582   612   356
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   43   66   35   123   0
        Geological and earth sciences   135   334   247   117   188   359   429   547   489   356
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   8   51   7   5   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   3   31   68   120   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   20,912   27,493   33,588   17,966   20,183   16,974   13,616   14,461   16,378   17,390
        Agricultural sciences   822   938   739   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   4,004   9,801   6,669   5,265   5,780   5,054   5,819   5,678   7,610   2,008
        Health sciences   15,842   16,546   25,516   12,701   14,403   11,919   7,796   8,783   8,767   14,004
        Natural resources and conservation   244   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   207   664   0   0   1   1   0   1   1,378
      Mathematics and statistics   0   0   0   3   14   14   230   69   79   125
      Physical sciences   1,932   1,556   1,277   1,451   1,680   2,026   2,168   2,193   1,925   1,923
        Astronomy and astrophysics   293   181   193   128   195   311   219   235   266   0
        Chemistry   683   385   333   353   591   347   312   394   404   386
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   939   956   624   897   894   1,368   1,637   1,564   1,255   1,537
        Physical sciences nec   17   34   127   73   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   4,199   714   1,359   646   1,064   1,257   458   577   808   1,287
      Social sciences   740   508   148   180   907   878   600   632   669   647
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   539   192   60   94   727   602   223   232   212   407
        Political science and government   23   16   17   14   14   18   36   17   22   13
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   30   2   26   11   8   0   16   31   38   61
        Social sciences nec   148   298   45   61   158   258   325   352   397   166
      Sciences nec   1,716   1,640   734   448   563   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   17,747   16,959   12,219   9,174   8,351   7,089   4,385   3,314   2,724   836
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   358   312   42   27   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   116   34   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Chemical engineering   47   29   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil engineering   1,603   1,312   1,307   1,021   660   797   1,183   800   874   836
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   13,119   14,189   10,500   7,604   7,400   5,946   2,940   2,127   1,611   0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   1   111   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   2,134   734   357   346   291   346   262   387   239   0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   227   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   142   238   13   176   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Non-S&E   6,858   3,963   1,972   2,099   1,661   1,860   2,279   2,317   2,337   2,498
      Business management and business administration   1,682   1,372   342   0   6   150   283   34   7   30
      Communication and communications technologies   4   10   0   15   10   9   18   4   44   11
      Education   1,013   919   679   813   976   498   375   313   254   458
      Humanities   185   276   298   220   190   273   233   268   196   429
      Law   920   152   6   3   5   31   53   51   0   0
      Social work   12   3   0   5   0   115   23   39   34   984
      Visual and performing arts   1,272   191   187   77   57   42   65   21   33   18
      Non-S&E nec   1,770   1,040   460   966   417   742   1,229   1,587   1,769   568

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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