Data

U. Montana, Missoula

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   143,810   133,958   125,603   121,571   110,218   104,665   90,563   85,044   70,059   60,485
    Science   131,010   122,536   113,897   112,294   101,504   96,246   86,096   84,109   69,994   60,282
      Computer and information sciences   2,684   1,971   2,206   2,207   1,746   1,291   759   234   121   319
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   5,694   5,945   5,818   6,212   5,878   6,376   5,035   3,068   2,376   1,429
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   7   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   1,718   1,960   2,126   2,677   2,668   2,803   1,741   1,217   1,258   1,238
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   3,976   3,978   3,692   3,535   3,210   3,573   3,294   1,851   1,118   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   191
      Life sciences   87,476   81,610   76,032   72,501   66,817   61,959   54,418   57,185   44,638   41,340
        Agricultural sciences   810   421   653   522   242   311   549   2,695   3,058   12,341
        Biological and biomedical sciences   27,628   25,568   23,548   21,407   22,464   20,283   17,081   17,620   15,401   17,938
        Health sciences   36,083   35,268   31,740   30,176   25,707   24,465   20,846   19,631   14,183   9,072
        Natural resources and conservation   22,955   20,353   20,091   20,396   18,404   16,900   15,939   17,112   11,996   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   3   127   0   1,989
      Mathematics and statistics   862   1,003   983   878   1,187   1,256   470   307   359   405
      Physical sciences   11,805   9,031   7,724   8,615   7,592   7,749   6,570   5,060   5,260   3,203
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   49   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   4,571   2,814   2,183   2,554   2,782   3,363   2,184   3,432   2,843   2,558
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   5   1,124   0
        Physics   277   506   283   231   260   244   318   595   502   645
        Physical sciences nec   6,957   5,711   5,209   5,830   4,550   4,142   4,068   1,028   791   0
      Psychology   623   710   716   933   791   840   700   125   490   589
      Social sciences   21,866   22,266   20,418   20,948   17,493   16,775   18,144   18,130   16,750   4,524
        Anthropology   1,309   1,212   1,203   1,053   997   1,400   1,869   1,981   4,490   0
        Economics   5,762   4,128   4,801   4,674   2,391   1,917   2,137   1,874   1,417   1,603
        Political science and government   583   381   305   344   368   603   143   156   274   0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   226   323   239   432   476   503   954   1,398   883   2,897
        Social sciences nec   13,986   16,222   13,870   14,445   13,261   12,352   13,041   12,721   9,686   24
      Sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   8,473
    Engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      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   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Non-S&E   12,800   11,422   11,706   9,277   8,714   8,419   4,467   935   65   203
      Business management and business administration   883   981   914   897   785   804   1   188   2   29
      Communication and communications technologies   1,556   301   260   189   234   163   398   0   3   1
      Education   2,702   2,218   3,093   2,566   2,832   2,779   2,917   691   37   155
      Humanities   765   1,153   1,108   1,211   1,269   1,367   20   42   11   17
      Law   591   781   772   745   685   711   0   7   4   0
      Social work   6,221   4,295   4,950   3,653   2,793   2,539   1,131   0   2   0
      Visual and performing arts   1   2   0   0   0   0   0   7   2   1
      Non-S&E nec   81   1,691   609   16   116   56   0   0   4   0

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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