Data

U. Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras

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   33,659   29,202   28,083   28,896   22,895   24,088   17,085   21,204   23,491   28,579
    Science   23,387   18,359   18,024   18,645   17,547   17,982   13,563   14,266   21,731   23,956
      Computer and information sciences   999   783   609   604   207   654   602   688   1,170   697
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   3,718   2,644   2,586   3,409   3,754   2,537   2,192   2,203   2,724   5,079
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   208   0
        Geological and earth sciences   3,484   2,344   2,271   3,409   3,754   494   136   477   77   15
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   200   300   315   0   0   0   0   0   0   224
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   34   0   0   0   0   2,043   2,056   1,726   2,439   4,840
      Life sciences   4,138   3,451   3,500   4,283   3,617   3,728   2,841   3,705   4,216   4,170
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   11   485   4
        Biological and biomedical sciences   4,130   3,448   3,349   4,234   3,590   3,657   2,396   3,499   3,393   3,856
        Health sciences   8   3   151   49   27   71   4   0   45   310
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   441   195   293   0
      Mathematics and statistics   127   157   234   178   145   172   145   117   235   66
      Physical sciences   8,726   5,852   5,456   4,886   4,429   5,127   3,739   6,260   8,085   9,100
        Astronomy and astrophysics   134   81   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   4,974   3,611   3,842   2,967   2,776   2,488   1,809   3,631   5,342   5,147
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   3,618   2,160   1,614   1,919   1,653   2,639   1,930   2,629   2,334   3,468
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   409   485
      Psychology   57   76   63   7   0   14   1   770   1,270   1,600
      Social sciences   1,509   1,443   1,270   1,185   1,119   1,333   1,192   523   2,268   1,864
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   20   16   17   0   0   0   0   8   3   8
        Political science and government   12   141   75   0   0   0   0   6   0   2
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   679   20
        Social sciences nec   1,476   1,286   1,178   1,185   1,119   1,333   1,192   509   1,586   1,834
      Sciences nec   4,113   3,953   4,306   4,093   4,276   4,417   2,851   0   1,763   1,380
    Engineering   2,564   2,930   4,135   1,152   341   37   326   3,334   879   2,588
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   2,564   2,930   4,135   1,152   341   37   326   3,334   879   2,588
      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   7,708   7,913   5,924   9,099   5,007   6,069   3,196   3,604   881   2,035
      Business management and business administration   279   211   309   135   93   147   24   226   318   209
      Communication and communications technologies   12   10   19   18   0   0   0   0   0   21
      Education   246   305   685   312   301   297   317   277   238   607
      Humanities   145   72   107   160   164   288   0   301   192   176
      Law   40   18   0   3   0   0   0   2   1   5
      Social work   63   0   0   321   269   584   948   1,558   37   457
      Visual and performing arts   15   18   0   7   0   0   0   0   0   7
      Non-S&E nec   6,908   7,279   4,804   8,143   4,180   4,753   1,907   1,240   95   553

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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