Data

U. Nevada, Las Vegas

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   98,751   94,967   101,009   105,872   99,445   83,800   66,285   62,825   42,000   39,448
    Science   68,396   59,813   63,448   64,877   58,041   46,519   41,055   36,359   25,599   27,643
      Computer and information sciences   2,120   1,556   1,015   1,077   1,662   1,782   1,772   1,705   1,156   546
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   5,803   5,393   6,082   6,342   4,526   4,253   4,280   2,541   4,254   8,504
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   97   209   394   188   35   18   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   5,204   4,854   5,400   5,458   4,418   4,235   4,280   2,536   2,021   6,187
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   502   330   288   696   73   0   0   5   2,233   2,317
      Life sciences   36,005   31,571   32,306   34,733   31,434   22,193   17,404   15,916   9,951   7,668
        Agricultural sciences   51   84   212   65   32   21   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   16,544   14,714   12,969   12,763   10,027   7,898   2,597   2,508   3,352   3,350
        Health sciences   17,845   15,740   18,321   21,019   20,056   12,751   14,550   12,125   201   118
        Natural resources and conservation   966   272   234   208   162   28   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   599   761   570   678   1,157   1,495   257   1,283   6,398   4,200
      Mathematics and statistics   2,558   2,224   2,624   2,347   1,471   1,550   154   607   26   10
      Physical sciences   11,407   9,030   10,589   9,692   9,099   9,520   8,772   9,343   6,745   6,778
        Astronomy and astrophysics   617   354   160   263   209   27   0   5   0   0
        Chemistry   4,792   3,601   5,482   5,140   4,910   4,491   4,048   5,153   3,706   2,831
        Materials science   0   0   0   4   79   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   5,998   5,075   4,851   3,807   3,765   4,989   4,724   4,185   3,037   3,947
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   96   478   136   13   0   0   2   0
      Psychology   2,027   1,959   3,738   3,767   2,982   1,528   2,707   1,710   957   1,167
      Social sciences   7,566   7,012   6,536   6,306   6,344   4,149   5,966   4,537   2,510   2,967
        Anthropology   872   883   910   951   857   1,260   771   617   0   0
        Economics   4,307   3,624   2,663   2,127   2,144   536   2,579   1,157   100   118
        Political science and government   798   814   838   798   686   613   607   678   48   0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   588   766   790   791   770   839   833   1,161   247   274
        Social sciences nec   1,001   925   1,335   1,639   1,887   901   1,176   924   2,115   2,575
      Sciences nec   910   1,068   558   613   523   1,544   0   0   0   3
    Engineering   13,866   12,665   10,667   12,729   15,736   16,192   12,018   13,046   13,965   10,586
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   361   433   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   64   10   104   82   83   159   0   0   0   0
      Chemical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   146   0   0   0   0
      Civil engineering   4,674   4,872   4,307   4,499   5,323   4,669   2,824   3,747   4,244   4,131
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   2,605   1,929   1,914   1,442   2,392   2,171   2,118   2,025   1,317   1,265
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   4,754   4,554   3,192   4,406   4,819   6,889   6,278   6,407   6,868   4,318
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   3   115   8   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   1,769   1,300   1,150   2,297   2,643   1,717   798   867   1,536   872
    Non-S&E   16,489   22,489   26,894   28,266   25,668   21,089   13,212   13,420   2,436   1,219
      Business management and business administration   5,130   5,608   6,388   6,387   5,133   3,467   3,161   3,756   1,205   534
      Communication and communications technologies   492   748   907   1,067   897   592   328   327   168   82
      Education   3,359   6,226   4,818   4,710   4,137   6,397   3,737   3,115   731   511
      Humanities   3,037   3,584   3,722   3,673   3,385   2,809   2,630   2,183   63   56
      Law   0   2,648   3,143   3,411   4,247   679   0   49   106   15
      Social work   177   244   377   578   527   344   2,624   3,161   27   5
      Visual and performing arts   393   0   3,111   3,149   2,980   2,343   4   212   0   7
      Non-S&E nec   3,901   3,431   4,428   5,291   4,362   4,458   728   617   136   9

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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