Data

U. Nevada, Reno

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   194,131   188,505   181,782   175,386   159,790   152,128   144,426   105,869   95,475   90,138
    Science   139,498   129,129   133,385   130,797   120,388   113,139   107,676   82,174   77,891   69,313
      Computer and information sciences   7,002   4,617   6,103   6,843   7,550   7,812   7,719   4,134   2,859   1,322
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   14,989   19,059   20,831   19,030   15,077   14,563   14,369   11,868   12,115   13,530
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   138   514   458   243   350   428   441   937   998   929
        Geological and earth sciences   12,809   17,197   18,925   17,178   13,839   13,419   12,985   10,313   11,117   9,557
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   6   769   615   794   298   519   697   0   0   933
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   2,036   579   833   815   590   197   246   618   0   2,111
      Life sciences   89,134   77,346   78,928   78,218   71,378   64,307   61,782   54,031   49,879   45,177
        Agricultural sciences   17,090   8,697   8,509   6,648   8,439   8,118   9,281   9,599   8,796   11,575
        Biological and biomedical sciences   35,172   35,893   39,371   43,521   36,791   32,985   31,513   33,058   31,485   16,173
        Health sciences   28,135   20,603   20,416   20,341   19,029   18,515   17,682   5,873   4,687   14,367
        Natural resources and conservation   7,856   10,188   8,968   6,640   6,161   4,098   3,253   5,484   4,911   0
        Life sciences nec   881   1,965   1,664   1,068   958   591   53   17   0   3,062
      Mathematics and statistics   1,690   1,408   1,640   1,777   2,341   2,609   1,451   650   442   620
      Physical sciences   13,950   11,696   10,640   8,025   9,566   10,153   11,017   6,594   6,324   6,347
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   1,147   1,179   44   480   494   293   1   1   0
        Chemistry   7,640   5,421   5,281   3,935   3,903   4,373   4,285   2,049   2,129   1,762
        Materials science   0   434   0   34   107   138   69   0   0   0
        Physics   6,310   3,975   3,720   2,947   4,235   3,942   4,126   4,544   3,711   3,807
        Physical sciences nec   0   719   460   1,065   841   1,206   2,244   0   483   778
      Psychology   6,385   5,242   6,146   6,422   5,430   5,429   4,947   2,952   3,062   1,366
      Social sciences   6,348   6,324   5,985   7,637   7,053   7,113   5,521   956   1,093   740
        Anthropology   1,556   1,359   1,449   1,581   1,671   1,693   1,010   239   145   0
        Economics   2,291   2,445   1,842   3,367   2,478   2,482   1,910   530   573   22
        Political science and government   948   1,074   942   1,165   1,252   1,100   842   24   15   11
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   531   546   922   652   729   715   679   10   1   132
        Social sciences nec   1,022   900   830   872   923   1,123   1,080   153   359   575
      Sciences nec   0   3,437   3,112   2,845   1,993   1,153   870   989   2,117   211
    Engineering   38,129   41,198   32,454   27,769   23,939   23,568   19,373   16,982   12,782   14,072
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   168   2,603   1,540   1,740   388   1,981   1,639   2,431   1,514   106
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   4,174   2,703   1,963   1,697   1,847   1,529   273   71   10   8
      Chemical engineering   7,218   7,448   3,510   2,533   2,251   2,025   1,763   897   1,305   1,032
      Civil engineering   9,512   8,651   9,968   10,045   9,204   9,364   8,298   8,677   6,842   7,462
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   180   597   488   1,226   1,493   1,772   1,544   914   656   1,515
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   2,304   10   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   7,260   10,168   7,014   2,837   2,127   2,528   1,892   1,393   1,306   1,439
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   3,052   3,723   2,042   2,323   2,854   2,020   1,707   809   1,108   1,313
      Engineering nec   4,261   5,295   5,925   5,368   3,775   2,349   2,257   1,790   41   1,197
    Non-S&E   16,504   18,178   15,943   16,820   15,463   15,421   17,377   6,713   4,802   6,753
      Business management and business administration   5,412   5,123   5,967   3,570   4,012   4,912   5,586   1,604   1,930   1,088
      Communication and communications technologies   836   284   503   22   39   24   7   248   126   28
      Education   5,063   3,750   1,072   4,442   3,981   3,724   2,990   597   626   1,065
      Humanities   3,058   1,024   1,924   1,795   1,837   1,758   1,379   29   19   748
      Law   0   3,986   1,650   3,808   3,961   3,637   2,880   269   311   272
      Social work   372   260   52   906   1,037   961   598   7   10   41
      Visual and performing arts   1,763   1,773   1,718   337   339   316   224   51   12   20
      Non-S&E nec   0   1,978   3,057   1,940   257   89   3,713   3,908   1,768   3,491

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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