Data

U. North Carolina, The, Wilmington

Total R&D expenditures, by field: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
  All R&D fields   21,879   20,053   16,656   16,544   17,515   16,955   16,015   15,715   15,564   14,648
    Science   19,956   17,097   13,987   14,365   14,813   13,399   13,222   13,268   12,792   12,025
      Computer and information sciences   1,169   280   244   210   110   147   18   27   279   203
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   7,843   6,351   4,311   5,206   5,193   4,511   4,558   3,879   4,551   4,453
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   22   35   77   218
        Geological and earth sciences   92   385   28   244   844   644   671   162   579   679
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   7,043   5,827   4,204   4,688   3,861   3,867   3,865   3,680   3,895   3,395
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   708   139   79   274   488   0   0   2   0   161
      Life sciences   7,597   7,428   7,179   7,090   7,782   6,991   6,682   6,678   6,273   6,475
        Agricultural sciences   372   579   584   565   1,850   2,082   1,842   1,668   1,210   1,270
        Biological and biomedical sciences   5,072   4,997   4,712   4,791   5,604   4,414   4,148   3,985   4,333   4,503
        Health sciences   149   169   533   481   159   66   78   985   469   445
        Natural resources and conservation   1,765   1,599   1,350   1,253   169   382   614   40   0   0
        Life sciences nec   239   84   0   0   0   47   0   0   261   257
      Mathematics and statistics   53   51   51   105   83   98   46   0   48   4
      Physical sciences   1,317   675   435   375   597   525   562   1,241   477   636
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   193   140   126   208   458   388   320   499   353   258
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   87   47   0   51   0   0
        Physics   0   0   118   110   52   90   242   691   26   48
        Physical sciences nec   1,124   535   191   57   0   0   0   0   98   330
      Psychology   272   223   214   183   314   280   242   275   248   133
      Social sciences   1,321   1,683   1,183   709   390   136   266   138   357   104
        Anthropology   0   14   17   9   39   7   0   0   0   0
        Economics   89   129   102   103   0   25   3   93   36   25
        Political science and government   0   4   29   1   7   3   2   12   207   13
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   33   72   96   0   0   101   261   33   73   8
        Social sciences nec   1,199   1,464   939   596   344   0   0   0   41   58
      Sciences nec   384   406   370   487   344   711   848   1,030   559   17
    Engineering   1,317   537   1,064   640   1,226   1,659   778   329   374   187
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   32   309   614   266   741   904   0   58   351   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   545   0   0   0
      Chemical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil engineering   200   228   429   22   0   224   1   6   7   12
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   331   0   21   115   485   531   232   265   16   175
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   237   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   754   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Non-S&E   606   2,419   1,605   1,539   1,476   1,897   2,015   2,118   2,398   2,436
      Business management and business administration   248   708   643   582   562   447   320   453   558   421
      Communication and communications technologies   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   6   0   3
      Education   245   834   698   714   657   624   1,004   1,603   1,225   1,428
      Humanities   0   113   47   36   0   46   49   1   2   191
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   9
      Social work   0   0   0   0   43   109   39   3   26   105
      Visual and performing arts   24   356   0   20   105   75   64   12   157   241
      Non-S&E nec   89   408   217   187   109   596   539   40   426   38

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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