Data

U. Montana, Missoula

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   133,958   125,603   121,571   110,218   104,665   90,563   85,044   70,059   60,485   55,032
    Science   122,536   113,897   112,294   101,504   96,246   86,096   84,109   69,994   60,282   54,808
      Computer and information sciences   1,971   2,206   2,207   1,746   1,291   759   234   121   319   349
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   5,945   5,818   6,212   5,878   6,376   5,035   3,068   2,376   1,429   1,688
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   7   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   1,960   2,126   2,677   2,668   2,803   1,741   1,217   1,258   1,238   1,400
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   3,978   3,692   3,535   3,210   3,573   3,294   1,851   1,118   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   191   288
      Life sciences   81,610   76,032   72,501   66,817   61,959   54,418   57,185   44,638   41,340   40,008
        Agricultural sciences   421   653   522   242   311   549   2,695   3,058   12,341   11,387
        Biological and biomedical sciences   25,568   23,548   21,407   22,464   20,283   17,081   17,620   15,401   17,938   17,750
        Health sciences   35,268   31,740   30,176   25,707   24,465   20,846   19,631   14,183   9,072   9,083
        Natural resources and conservation   20,353   20,091   20,396   18,404   16,900   15,939   17,112   11,996   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   3   127   0   1,989   1,788
      Mathematics and statistics   1,003   983   878   1,187   1,256   470   307   359   405   246
      Physical sciences   9,031   7,724   8,615   7,592   7,749   6,570   5,060   5,260   3,203   2,376
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   49   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   2,814   2,183   2,554   2,782   3,363   2,184   3,432   2,843   2,558   1,783
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   5   1,124   0   0
        Physics   506   283   231   260   244   318   595   502   645   593
        Physical sciences nec   5,711   5,209   5,830   4,550   4,142   4,068   1,028   791   0   0
      Psychology   710   716   933   791   840   700   125   490   589   372
      Social sciences   22,266   20,418   20,948   17,493   16,775   18,144   18,130   16,750   4,524   2,074
        Anthropology   1,212   1,203   1,053   997   1,400   1,869   1,981   4,490   0   0
        Economics   4,128   4,801   4,674   2,391   1,917   2,137   1,874   1,417   1,603   1,628
        Political science and government   381   305   344   368   603   143   156   274   0   0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   323   239   432   476   503   954   1,398   883   2,897   442
        Social sciences nec   16,222   13,870   14,445   13,261   12,352   13,041   12,721   9,686   24   4
      Sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   8,473   7,695
    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   11,422   11,706   9,277   8,714   8,419   4,467   935   65   203   224
      Business management and business administration   981   914   897   785   804   1   188   2   29   0
      Communication and communications technologies   301   260   189   234   163   398   0   3   1   0
      Education   2,218   3,093   2,566   2,832   2,779   2,917   691   37   155   135
      Humanities   1,153   1,108   1,211   1,269   1,367   20   42   11   17   35
      Law   781   772   745   685   711   0   7   4   0   54
      Social work   4,295   4,950   3,653   2,793   2,539   1,131   0   2   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   2   0   0   0   0   0   7   2   1   0
      Non-S&E nec   1,691   609   16   116   56   0   0   4   0   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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