Data

U. Nevada, Las Vegas

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   118,049   98,751   94,967   101,009   105,872   99,445   83,800   66,285   62,825   42,000
    Science   76,529   68,396   59,813   63,448   64,877   58,041   46,519   41,055   36,359   25,599
      Computer and information sciences   3,282   2,120   1,556   1,015   1,077   1,662   1,782   1,772   1,705   1,156
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   6,010   5,803   5,393   6,082   6,342   4,526   4,253   4,280   2,541   4,254
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   77   97   209   394   188   35   18   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   5,370   5,204   4,854   5,400   5,458   4,418   4,235   4,280   2,536   2,021
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   563   502   330   288   696   73   0   0   5   2,233
      Life sciences   41,305   36,005   31,571   32,306   34,733   31,434   22,193   17,404   15,916   9,951
        Agricultural sciences   60   51   84   212   65   32   21   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   17,163   16,544   14,714   12,969   12,763   10,027   7,898   2,597   2,508   3,352
        Health sciences   21,600   17,845   15,740   18,321   21,019   20,056   12,751   14,550   12,125   201
        Natural resources and conservation   1,234   966   272   234   208   162   28   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   1,248   599   761   570   678   1,157   1,495   257   1,283   6,398
      Mathematics and statistics   3,156   2,558   2,224   2,624   2,347   1,471   1,550   154   607   26
      Physical sciences   13,002   11,407   9,030   10,589   9,692   9,099   9,520   8,772   9,343   6,745
        Astronomy and astrophysics   1,850   617   354   160   263   209   27   0   5   0
        Chemistry   5,968   4,792   3,601   5,482   5,140   4,910   4,491   4,048   5,153   3,706
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   4   79   0   0   0   0
        Physics   5,184   5,998   5,075   4,851   3,807   3,765   4,989   4,724   4,185   3,037
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   96   478   136   13   0   0   2
      Psychology   2,580   2,027   1,959   3,738   3,767   2,982   1,528   2,707   1,710   957
      Social sciences   6,099   7,566   7,012   6,536   6,306   6,344   4,149   5,966   4,537   2,510
        Anthropology   826   872   883   910   951   857   1,260   771   617   0
        Economics   2,964   4,307   3,624   2,663   2,127   2,144   536   2,579   1,157   100
        Political science and government   761   798   814   838   798   686   613   607   678   48
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   671   588   766   790   791   770   839   833   1,161   247
        Social sciences nec   877   1,001   925   1,335   1,639   1,887   901   1,176   924   2,115
      Sciences nec   1,095   910   1,068   558   613   523   1,544   0   0   0
    Engineering   21,008   13,866   12,665   10,667   12,729   15,736   16,192   12,018   13,046   13,965
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   361   433   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   0   64   10   104   82   83   159   0   0   0
      Chemical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   146   0   0   0
      Civil engineering   7,180   4,674   4,872   4,307   4,499   5,323   4,669   2,824   3,747   4,244
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   3,959   2,605   1,929   1,914   1,442   2,392   2,171   2,118   2,025   1,317
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   6,558   4,754   4,554   3,192   4,406   4,819   6,889   6,278   6,407   6,868
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   3   115   8   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   3,311   1,769   1,300   1,150   2,297   2,643   1,717   798   867   1,536
    Non-S&E   20,512   16,489   22,489   26,894   28,266   25,668   21,089   13,212   13,420   2,436
      Business management and business administration   2,338   5,130   5,608   6,388   6,387   5,133   3,467   3,161   3,756   1,205
      Communication and communications technologies   600   492   748   907   1,067   897   592   328   327   168
      Education   8,234   3,359   6,226   4,818   4,710   4,137   6,397   3,737   3,115   731
      Humanities   3,602   3,037   3,584   3,722   3,673   3,385   2,809   2,630   2,183   63
      Law   2   0   2,648   3,143   3,411   4,247   679   0   49   106
      Social work   170   177   244   377   578   527   344   2,624   3,161   27
      Visual and performing arts   479   393   0   3,111   3,149   2,980   2,343   4   212   0
      Non-S&E nec   5,087   3,901   3,431   4,428   5,291   4,362   4,458   728   617   136

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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