Data

U. North Carolina, Charlotte

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   94,895   92,027   43,126   51,877   50,050   47,187   39,888   26,097   27,815   24,870
    Science   48,920   44,801   23,168   31,815   25,400   26,697   22,937   16,218   15,695   14,140
      Computer and information sciences   12,084   11,068   8,681   18,214   10,163   10,468   9,812   7,181   6,048   5,091
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   2,615   2,523   1,077   1,054   1,009   1,111   366   207   306   213
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   591   631   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   2,024   1,892   1,077   1,054   1,009   1,111   366   207   306   213
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   12,446   11,443   5,643   4,701   4,512   5,534   4,314   3,451   2,861   2,503
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   9,296   8,217   3,805   3,066   2,608   3,110   2,296   1,902   1,473   1,497
        Health sciences   3,150   3,226   1,838   1,635   1,904   2,424   2,018   1,549   1,388   0
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1,006
      Mathematics and statistics   2,738   2,704   803   782   1,029   902   976   613   796   718
      Physical sciences   8,511   7,278   3,345   3,367   4,003   4,389   3,935   3,060   4,056   3,413
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   4,038   3,191   1,335   1,610   1,261   1,585   882   517   552   447
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   4,473   4,087   2,010   1,757   2,742   2,804   2,282   2,543   3,504   2,966
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   771   0   0   0
      Psychology   2,425   1,960   1,100   750   711   635   902   431   170   155
      Social sciences   8,101   7,825   2,519   2,947   3,973   3,658   2,632   1,275   1,458   2,047
        Anthropology   502   438   97   98   93   159   103   93   118   0
        Economics   816   813   125   171   219   187   33   52   37   23
        Political science and government   1,121   1,402   737   1,364   2,020   1,403   1,031   365   441   327
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   1,870   1,907   421   545   572   788   897   545   457   699
        Social sciences nec   3,792   3,265   1,139   769   1,069   1,121   568   220   405   998
      Sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   22,653   23,417   15,096   15,643   19,781   16,000   11,933   7,972   7,915   7,696
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   95   129   99   130   0
      Chemical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil engineering   3,269   3,156   2,694   3,011   6,228   3,934   3,152   1,482   1,881   1,389
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   6,126   5,045   2,136   1,687   3,486   3,618   2,877   1,588   1,625   1,690
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   1,336   1,282   4   32   48   28   41   4   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   4,818   4,406   2,851   3,940   4,943   4,385   3,719   2,635   2,324   2,571
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   212   306   212
      Engineering nec   7,104   9,528   7,411   6,973   5,076   3,940   2,015   1,952   1,649   1,834
    Non-S&E   23,322   23,809   4,862   4,419   4,869   4,490   5,018   1,907   4,205   3,034
      Business management and business administration   5,112   4,995   585   840   1,267   1,036   696   123   140   75
      Communication and communications technologies   720   744   10   9   3   21   3   39   0   18
      Education   5,482   6,292   2,244   1,640   2,035   1,650   1,512   1,069   3,452   2,255
      Humanities   4,959   5,061   541   452   347   497   362   122   167   211
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   0
      Social work   1,070   986   337   230   330   791   785   289   264   341
      Visual and performing arts   1,298   1,281   59   71   30   26   0   14   0   47
      Non-S&E nec   4,681   4,450   1,086   1,177   857   469   1,657   251   182   87

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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