Data

U. North Carolina, Greensboro

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   77,370   60,621   41,303   37,033   28,966   26,325   22,743   23,231   23,965   23,026
    Science   46,191   37,347   22,203   18,992   15,364   16,500   14,374   14,416   16,129   16,673
      Computer and information sciences   1,164   1,076   398   806   510   16   0   148   218   101
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   21   31   135   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   21   31   135   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        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   17,153   13,545   11,226   8,934   7,582   8,554   6,221   5,473   6,723   6,726
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   10,406   8,384   6,836   5,376   4,352   4,561   2,972   2,745   3,062   3,771
        Health sciences   6,747   5,161   4,390   3,206   3,230   3,993   3,249   2,728   3,661   0
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   352   0   0   0   0   0   2,955
      Mathematics and statistics   500   470   609   308   215   210   271   257   145   185
      Physical sciences   11,532   6,823   5,251   4,250   3,505   3,521   3,494   3,748   2,998   2,492
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   3,735   3,117   2,756   2,216   2,028   2,612   2,701   2,984   2,558   2,074
        Materials science   6,870   3,696   2,021   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   246   2   0   44   50   125   106   218   4   418
        Physical sciences nec   681   8   474   1,990   1,427   784   687   546   436   0
      Psychology   5,824   7,216   3,551   3,539   2,805   3,471   3,062   3,884   4,589   5,345
      Social sciences   9,964   8,168   1,033   1,155   747   728   1,326   906   1,456   1,824
        Anthropology   1,008   850   56   27   32   149   774   202   568   0
        Economics   178   301   391   509   199   246   246   353   457   299
        Political science and government   108   39   71   73   49   3   0   52   0   36
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   7,057   6,692   347   126   54   32   1   5   5   410
        Social sciences nec   1,613   286   168   420   413   298   305   294   426   1,079
      Sciences nec   33   18   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Chemical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   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   0
    Non-S&E   31,179   23,274   19,100   18,041   13,602   9,825   8,369   8,815   7,836   6,353
      Business management and business administration   60   92   338   87   65   94   71   38   33   137
      Communication and communications technologies   91   13   0   117   12   1   0   6   7   26
      Education   21,012   19,051   14,370   12,899   10,009   7,816   6,823   5,938   5,869   4,157
      Humanities   330   619   239   421   140   186   224   193   301   239
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   4,509   1,596   1,761   1,346   717   641   456   535   203   282
      Visual and performing arts   87   101   40   435   353   53   56   203   82   0
      Non-S&E nec   5,090   1,802   2,352   2,736   2,306   1,034   739   1,902   1,341   1,512

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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