Data

U. North Carolina, The, Wilmington

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   22,672   21,879   20,053   16,656   16,544   17,515   16,955   16,015   15,715   15,564
    Science   20,664   19,956   17,097   13,987   14,365   14,813   13,399   13,222   13,268   12,792
      Computer and information sciences   414   1,169   280   244   210   110   147   18   27   279
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   8,350   7,843   6,351   4,311   5,206   5,193   4,511   4,558   3,879   4,551
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   8   0   0   0   0   0   0   22   35   77
        Geological and earth sciences   1,187   92   385   28   244   844   644   671   162   579
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   6,393   7,043   5,827   4,204   4,688   3,861   3,867   3,865   3,680   3,895
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   762   708   139   79   274   488   0   0   2   0
      Life sciences   8,921   7,597   7,428   7,179   7,090   7,782   6,991   6,682   6,678   6,273
        Agricultural sciences   684   372   579   584   565   1,850   2,082   1,842   1,668   1,210
        Biological and biomedical sciences   5,302   5,072   4,997   4,712   4,791   5,604   4,414   4,148   3,985   4,333
        Health sciences   476   149   169   533   481   159   66   78   985   469
        Natural resources and conservation   2,458   1,765   1,599   1,350   1,253   169   382   614   40   0
        Life sciences nec   1   239   84   0   0   0   47   0   0   261
      Mathematics and statistics   41   53   51   51   105   83   98   46   0   48
      Physical sciences   997   1,317   675   435   375   597   525   562   1,241   477
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   343   193   140   126   208   458   388   320   499   353
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   87   47   0   51   0
        Physics   0   0   0   118   110   52   90   242   691   26
        Physical sciences nec   654   1,124   535   191   57   0   0   0   0   98
      Psychology   333   272   223   214   183   314   280   242   275   248
      Social sciences   1,149   1,321   1,683   1,183   709   390   136   266   138   357
        Anthropology   171   0   14   17   9   39   7   0   0   0
        Economics   0   89   129   102   103   0   25   3   93   36
        Political science and government   0   0   4   29   1   7   3   2   12   207
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   15   33   72   96   0   0   101   261   33   73
        Social sciences nec   963   1,199   1,464   939   596   344   0   0   0   41
      Sciences nec   459   384   406   370   487   344   711   848   1,030   559
    Engineering   1,027   1,317   537   1,064   640   1,226   1,659   778   329   374
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   647   32   309   614   266   741   904   0   58   351
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   545   0   0
      Chemical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil engineering   380   200   228   429   22   0   224   1   6   7
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   0   331   0   21   115   485   531   232   265   16
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   237   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   754   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Non-S&E   981   606   2,419   1,605   1,539   1,476   1,897   2,015   2,118   2,398
      Business management and business administration   88   248   708   643   582   562   447   320   453   558
      Communication and communications technologies   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   6   0
      Education   670   245   834   698   714   657   624   1,004   1,603   1,225
      Humanities   0   0   113   47   36   0   46   49   1   2
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   4
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   43   109   39   3   26
      Visual and performing arts   68   24   356   0   20   105   75   64   12   157
      Non-S&E nec   155   89   408   217   187   109   596   539   40   426

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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