Data

U. North Dakota

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   197,428   182,195   147,717   143,506   111,663   110,836   109,865   102,823   70,275   64,384
    Science   59,402   63,323   51,668   46,363   49,536   46,081   47,101   48,473   30,992   30,039
      Computer and information sciences   5,564   4,136   2,266   1,856   3,199   2,059   2,227   1,180   722   228
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   8,125   7,444   6,874   6,234   6,781   6,713   4,056   5,793   7,348   8,499
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   7,605   6,852   6,214   5,562   5,832   5,299   2,801   2,621   3,474   5,041
        Geological and earth sciences   520   592   660   672   949   1,414   1,255   2,979   3,874   3,267
        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   193   0   191
      Life sciences   35,371   36,939   35,064   31,330   31,526   28,781   30,647   31,523   14,007   18,007
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   20,636   18,742   18,631   17,556   17,478   16,722   18,184   18,794   10,706   14,853
        Health sciences   14,735   18,197   16,433   13,774   14,048   12,059   11,708   12,090   1,045   830
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   524   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   231   639   2,256   2,324
      Mathematics and statistics   468   444   348   372   434   383   384   381   0   0
      Physical sciences   5,955   7,486   3,641   2,964   3,489   3,607   3,119   6,041   6,945   1,330
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   3,186   192   0
        Chemistry   2,930   2,880   2,972   2,152   2,212   2,720   2,306   2,437   5,475   1,102
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   154   0   0   0   1,262   0
        Physics   3,025   4,606   669   812   1,123   887   813   0   7   228
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   418   9   0
      Psychology   1,874   4,993   1,682   1,713   1,506   1,135   1,640   1,613   501   49
      Social sciences   1,807   1,725   1,618   1,577   1,616   1,739   1,426   1,511   684   89
        Anthropology   30   31   23   81   109   159   96   80   634   0
        Economics   636   525   630   589   614   649   492   473   27   0
        Political science and government   422   398   283   370   393   291   247   262   0   45
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   142   217   235   146   155   178   144   154   0   0
        Social sciences nec   577   554   447   391   345   462   447   542   23   44
      Sciences nec   238   156   175   317   985   1,664   3,602   431   785   1,837
    Engineering   121,983   105,141   84,614   86,578   52,511   54,760   52,960   43,485   38,153   33,551
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   2,255   3,746   1,885   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Chemical engineering   1,739   2,391   1,710   1,188   1,055   1,044   1,386   1,228   1,283   752
      Civil engineering   67,666   63,086   51,632   49,227   36,181   42,263   26,495   630   1,459   432
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   4,659   4,742   2,542   2,656   1,899   1,741   1,276   1,731   385   182
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   21,768   2,990   1,935   1,434   906   745   944   1,036   671   710
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   1,008   1,095   891   902   827   752   774   907   2,067   0
      Engineering nec   25,143   30,837   25,904   31,171   11,643   8,215   19,830   34,207   30,403   31,475
    Non-S&E   16,043   13,731   11,435   10,565   9,616   9,995   9,804   10,865   1,130   794
      Business management and business administration   1,255   1,150   1,175   1,070   1,208   1,196   1,158   2,259   22   338
      Communication and communications technologies   911   1,125   456   304   406   409   225   407   0   0
      Education   7,417   5,819   4,019   3,015   2,654   2,619   1,699   1,574   65   206
      Humanities   1,976   1,639   1,603   1,676   1,619   1,911   1,794   1,702   36   19
      Law   1,988   1,703   1,807   1,955   886   851   1,511   537   0   0
      Social work   267   198   158   166   149   308   358   568   202   228
      Visual and performing arts   784   736   860   808   806   716   727   702   31   3
      Non-S&E nec   1,445   1,361   1,357   1,571   1,888   1,985   2,332   3,116   774   0

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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