Data

U. Nevada, Reno

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   188,505   181,782   175,386   159,790   152,128   144,426   105,869   95,475   90,138   87,324
    Science   129,129   133,385   130,797   120,388   113,139   107,676   82,174   77,891   69,313   69,239
      Computer and information sciences   4,617   6,103   6,843   7,550   7,812   7,719   4,134   2,859   1,322   1,072
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   19,059   20,831   19,030   15,077   14,563   14,369   11,868   12,115   13,530   13,199
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   514   458   243   350   428   441   937   998   929   1,056
        Geological and earth sciences   17,197   18,925   17,178   13,839   13,419   12,985   10,313   11,117   9,557   9,372
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   769   615   794   298   519   697   0   0   933   550
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   579   833   815   590   197   246   618   0   2,111   2,221
      Life sciences   77,346   78,928   78,218   71,378   64,307   61,782   54,031   49,879   45,177   46,479
        Agricultural sciences   8,697   8,509   6,648   8,439   8,118   9,281   9,599   8,796   11,575   12,035
        Biological and biomedical sciences   35,893   39,371   43,521   36,791   32,985   31,513   33,058   31,485   16,173   22,424
        Health sciences   20,603   20,416   20,341   19,029   18,515   17,682   5,873   4,687   14,367   9,522
        Natural resources and conservation   10,188   8,968   6,640   6,161   4,098   3,253   5,484   4,911   0   0
        Life sciences nec   1,965   1,664   1,068   958   591   53   17   0   3,062   2,498
      Mathematics and statistics   1,408   1,640   1,777   2,341   2,609   1,451   650   442   620   98
      Physical sciences   11,696   10,640   8,025   9,566   10,153   11,017   6,594   6,324   6,347   6,591
        Astronomy and astrophysics   1,147   1,179   44   480   494   293   1   1   0   0
        Chemistry   5,421   5,281   3,935   3,903   4,373   4,285   2,049   2,129   1,762   1,627
        Materials science   434   0   34   107   138   69   0   0   0   0
        Physics   3,975   3,720   2,947   4,235   3,942   4,126   4,544   3,711   3,807   4,492
        Physical sciences nec   719   460   1,065   841   1,206   2,244   0   483   778   472
      Psychology   5,242   6,146   6,422   5,430   5,429   4,947   2,952   3,062   1,366   724
      Social sciences   6,324   5,985   7,637   7,053   7,113   5,521   956   1,093   740   1,015
        Anthropology   1,359   1,449   1,581   1,671   1,693   1,010   239   145   0   0
        Economics   2,445   1,842   3,367   2,478   2,482   1,910   530   573   22   29
        Political science and government   1,074   942   1,165   1,252   1,100   842   24   15   11   2
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   546   922   652   729   715   679   10   1   132   18
        Social sciences nec   900   830   872   923   1,123   1,080   153   359   575   966
      Sciences nec   3,437   3,112   2,845   1,993   1,153   870   989   2,117   211   61
    Engineering   41,198   32,454   27,769   23,939   23,568   19,373   16,982   12,782   14,072   11,789
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   2,603   1,540   1,740   388   1,981   1,639   2,431   1,514   106   81
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   2,703   1,963   1,697   1,847   1,529   273   71   10   8   10
      Chemical engineering   7,448   3,510   2,533   2,251   2,025   1,763   897   1,305   1,032   998
      Civil engineering   8,651   9,968   10,045   9,204   9,364   8,298   8,677   6,842   7,462   6,255
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   597   488   1,226   1,493   1,772   1,544   914   656   1,515   865
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   10   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   10,168   7,014   2,837   2,127   2,528   1,892   1,393   1,306   1,439   1,085
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   3,723   2,042   2,323   2,854   2,020   1,707   809   1,108   1,313   1,471
      Engineering nec   5,295   5,925   5,368   3,775   2,349   2,257   1,790   41   1,197   1,024
    Non-S&E   18,178   15,943   16,820   15,463   15,421   17,377   6,713   4,802   6,753   6,296
      Business management and business administration   5,123   5,967   3,570   4,012   4,912   5,586   1,604   1,930   1,088   959
      Communication and communications technologies   284   503   22   39   24   7   248   126   28   32
      Education   3,750   1,072   4,442   3,981   3,724   2,990   597   626   1,065   623
      Humanities   1,024   1,924   1,795   1,837   1,758   1,379   29   19   748   483
      Law   3,986   1,650   3,808   3,961   3,637   2,880   269   311   272   289
      Social work   260   52   906   1,037   961   598   7   10   41   217
      Visual and performing arts   1,773   1,718   337   339   316   224   51   12   20   5
      Non-S&E nec   1,978   3,057   1,940   257   89   3,713   3,908   1,768   3,491   3,688

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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