Data

U. Nebraska, Lincoln

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   .   .   340,260   320,758   320,463   316,820   308,053   302,204   294,856   284,438
    Science   .   .   244,893   230,830   233,250   230,612   225,727   221,859   223,058   217,827
      Computer and information sciences   .   .   11,208   9,905   8,541   8,919   9,227   9,237   8,679   7,265
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   .   .   2,220   2,186   2,943   3,639   4,014   4,374   3,613   3,703
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   .   .   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   .   .   2,220   2,186   2,943   3,639   4,014   4,374   3,613   3,703
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   .   .   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   .   .   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   .   .   170,212   158,894   161,499   161,097   156,100   152,195   156,112   140,321
        Agricultural sciences   .   .   103,125   96,947   100,056   97,932   92,126   87,785   88,696   81,383
        Biological and biomedical sciences   .   .   30,056   31,798   30,234   29,626   28,530   29,240   31,744   54,770
        Health sciences   .   .   17,663   16,429   16,883   18,492   19,422   20,948   21,260   604
        Natural resources and conservation   .   .   18,273   13,720   14,326   15,047   16,022   14,222   14,412   0
        Life sciences nec   .   .   1,095   0   0   0   0   0   0   3,564
      Mathematics and statistics   .   .   5,411   4,791   5,526   5,390   5,536   5,770   6,143   5,858
      Physical sciences   .   .   29,612   26,365   25,853   26,100   28,112   24,191   26,829   24,804
        Astronomy and astrophysics   .   .   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   .   .   10,884   10,659   11,631   9,916   12,332   7,942   7,750   7,426
        Materials science   .   .   489   406   427   276   661   286   862   0
        Physics   .   .   18,237   15,300   13,795   15,908   15,119   15,963   18,217   17,378
        Physical sciences nec   .   .   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   .   .   15,053   13,881   12,761   10,968   9,871   9,387   9,028   12,288
      Social sciences   .   .   10,339   11,920   14,322   13,140   11,610   9,696   9,589   13,065
        Anthropology   .   .   15   2   526   426   349   349   352   0
        Economics   .   .   1,691   1,290   1,744   1,960   2,055   1,526   1,684   3,730
        Political science and government   .   .   1,346   1,406   1,248   1,025   923   1,031   988   2,243
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   .   .   5,949   8,079   9,948   9,018   7,588   6,087   5,909   4,040
        Social sciences nec   .   .   1,338   1,143   856   711   695   703   656   3,052
      Sciences nec   .   .   838   2,888   1,805   1,359   1,257   7,009   3,065   10,523
    Engineering   .   .   56,068   53,927   51,685   53,932   49,434   48,890   41,427   42,325
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   .   .   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   .   .   13,382   11,174   9,481   9,912   9,550   7,504   5,633   6,435
      Chemical engineering   .   .   3,331   3,461   3,662   3,459   3,367   3,123   2,625   2,869
      Civil engineering   .   .   18,859   19,218   15,613   18,353   16,009   14,689   12,785   13,422
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   .   .   7,618   7,940   9,457   8,608   7,765   9,459   8,462   8,481
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   .   .   423   275   38   185   124   175   207   0
      Mechanical engineering   .   .   4,869   5,202   5,476   5,600   4,838   6,047   4,776   4,517
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   .   .   5,434   5,748   6,267   6,334   5,432   6,627   5,379   5,478
      Engineering nec   .   .   2,152   909   1,691   1,481   2,349   1,266   1,560   1,123
    Non-S&E   .   .   39,299   36,001   35,528   32,276   32,892   31,455   30,371   24,286
      Business management and business administration   .   .   12,105   11,282   11,151   10,560   9,747   8,367   6,902   5,861
      Communication and communications technologies   .   .   1,416   1,964   1,247   1,123   1,170   1,215   1,274   2,790
      Education   .   .   4,946   4,325   3,209   2,925   2,966   4,617   6,582   4,378
      Humanities   .   .   7,578   6,792   6,924   6,848   6,985   6,524   6,125   5,729
      Law   .   .   3,270   2,718   3,339   2,875   2,820   2,683   2,621   2,420
      Social work   .   .   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   .   .   2,819   2,477   2,608   2,491   3,104   2,796   2,648   2,706
      Non-S&E nec   .   .   7,165   6,443   7,050   5,454   6,100   5,253   4,219   402

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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