Data

U. North Carolina, The, Chapel Hill

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   1,598,751   1,549,617   1,361,028   1,205,883   1,159,725   1,153,773   1,136,158   1,102,063   1,045,338   966,781
    Science   1,474,570   1,426,447   1,265,369   1,129,589   1,085,002   1,081,829   1,065,554   1,031,603   983,552   934,238
      Computer and information sciences   50,246   41,385   39,486   32,344   26,765   23,146   18,483   14,473   15,988   17,225
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   31,190   34,095   23,339   16,879   19,242   16,922   19,136   19,991   17,709   28,972
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   7,087   6,770   5,419   5,690   7,973   5,523   6,471   8,167   7,920   19,064
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   16,925   20,908   12,356   6,294   6,765   7,370   7,355   7,743   7,614   7,771
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   7,178   6,417   5,564   4,895   4,504   4,029   5,310   4,081   2,175   2,137
      Life sciences   1,185,397   1,141,727   1,020,666   925,380   868,276   846,630   826,287   798,649   765,284   716,708
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   246,388   231,074   222,099   191,773   167,907   165,804   157,615   164,272   157,817   216,193
        Health sciences   938,904   910,610   798,512   733,607   700,352   680,788   668,660   634,348   607,445   355,936
        Natural resources and conservation   105   43   55   0   17   38   12   29   22   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   144,579
      Mathematics and statistics   5,104   4,894   5,464   5,489   6,729   3,049   3,186   4,369   3,552   8,017
      Physical sciences   55,417   51,933   49,368   38,809   39,979   37,055   35,118   33,807   35,524   27,727
        Astronomy and astrophysics   1,261   1,552   1,923   796   613   444   466   658   723   0
        Chemistry   37,172   30,227   31,221   23,102   22,546   24,143   22,770   22,182   23,485   19,397
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   9,783   11,851   10,374   10,003   10,472   8,412   8,318   7,864   10,357   8,330
        Physical sciences nec   7,201   8,303   5,850   4,908   6,348   4,056   3,564   3,103   959   0
      Psychology   54,135   56,582   49,297   43,348   41,741   46,808   48,298   52,050   51,044   46,707
      Social sciences   92,711   95,692   77,515   67,325   82,154   108,095   114,814   108,178   94,310   88,667
        Anthropology   135   528   365   199   534   355   287   353   113   0
        Economics   400   1,403   309   214   368   534   623   572   595   573
        Political science and government   11,022   8,179   5,653   2,912   2,760   3,622   3,689   3,579   3,358   5,078
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   66,968   69,270   60,260   52,687   66,550   90,769   95,235   87,292   74,880   69,202
        Social sciences nec   14,186   16,312   10,928   11,313   11,942   12,815   14,980   16,382   15,364   13,814
      Sciences nec   370   139   234   15   116   124   232   86   141   215
    Engineering   61,707   49,721   39,242   30,935   30,774   31,825   28,509   29,932   29,576   5,014
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   1,998   0   0   0   0   0   2   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   18,299   17,947   12,488   10,633   9,572   9,342   6,453   7,399   6,827   4,416
      Chemical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil engineering   40,663   27,603   25,656   19,091   19,618   18,637   16,513   17,880   18,262   0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   2,745   2,173   1,098   1,211   1,584   3,846   5,543   4,651   4,487   0
      Mechanical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   598
    Non-S&E   62,474   73,449   56,417   45,359   43,949   40,119   42,095   40,528   32,210   27,529
      Business management and business administration   4,850   3,237   2,381   1,919   2,554   1,723   2,476   2,181   2,143   1,941
      Communication and communications technologies   1,688   2,315   1,637   1,600   1,998   2,046   2,063   1,753   1,089   3,237
      Education   15,462   18,326   13,233   12,734   12,874   9,391   8,581   9,599   6,049   376
      Humanities   3,522   6,323   4,259   3,055   2,943   3,718   4,524   6,569   4,409   5,367
      Law   41   207   248   351   302   232   803   963   530   608
      Social work   24,635   19,167   18,958   15,476   13,796   14,966   15,513   12,995   10,552   5,891
      Visual and performing arts   909   1,867   4,515   1,336   1,700   1,255   1,845   1,172   2,424   2,084
      Non-S&E nec   11,367   22,007   11,186   8,888   7,782   6,788   6,290   5,296   5,014   8,025

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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