Data

U. Rhode Island

Total R&D expenditures, by field: 2022–13
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
  All R&D fields   129,102   129,296   109,967   115,160   104,490   101,871   97,900   93,828   91,706   101,898
    Science   103,258   109,500   91,877   96,797   90,361   87,555   84,013   80,250   78,692   87,431
      Computer and information sciences   743   439   523   687   783   703   636   399   432   386
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   54,685   52,469   42,634   50,513   47,018   49,241   43,504   40,356   38,351   43,736
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   11   0   0   47   58   169   261   418   164   192
        Geological and earth sciences   11,031   11,501   13,990   16,292   16,484   14,903   11,415   9,712   8,050   10,595
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   34,107   32,011   19,534   27,245   27,351   29,939   28,029   26,822   26,862   30,996
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified   9,536   8,957   9,110   6,929   3,125   4,230   3,799   3,404   3,275   1,953
      Life sciences   29,670   28,984   27,699   24,563   24,101   22,192   23,299   21,362   20,603   18,284
        Agricultural sciences   3,465   4,209   3,400   2,546   1,904   1,740   1,556   1,840   778   1,437
        Biological and biomedical sciences   15,848   17,614   18,161   13,997   9,141   6,667   8,640   4,392   6,027   5,211
        Health sciences   5,359   3,849   2,397   2,944   2,714   4,076   2,314   8,125   8,060   9,747
        Natural resources and conservation   775   2   0   0   5   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences, not elsewhere classified   4,223   3,310   3,741   5,076   10,337   9,709   10,789   7,005   5,738   1,889
      Mathematics and statistics   0   5   0   0   0   0   0   64   0   0
      Physical sciences   4,119   3,328   3,869   3,194   3,713   3,764   4,891   5,723   3,989   6,852
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   2,246   1,957   2,081   2,020   2,469   2,726   4,181   5,014   3,397   4,301
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   102   20   100   95   104   52   145   202   522   408
        Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified   1,771   1,351   1,688   1,079   1,140   986   565   507   70   2,143
      Psychology   3,552   3,222   2,059   1,483   2,030   1,507   1,502   1,572   1,495   2,204
      Social sciences   2,746   1,417   2,377   2,432   3,204   2,605   2,753   4,636   4,498   3,942
        Anthropology   0   3   0   530   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   388   565   937   168   836   757   354   67   19   11
        Political science and government   69   85   92   136   110   86   51   90   158   0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   287   0   24   82   204   272   196   71   17   275
        Social sciences, not elsewhere classified   2,002   764   1,324   1,516   2,054   1,490   2,152   4,408   4,304   3,656
      Sciences, not elsewhere classified   7,743   19,636   12,716   13,925   9,512   7,543   7,428   6,138   9,324   12,027
    Engineering   11,931   10,766   10,182   10,632   7,910   7,642   6,549   5,889   5,701   6,950
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   55
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   650   510   319   318   575   297   43   71   21   79
      Chemical engineering   2,146   1,539   2,052   1,165   514   485   966   1,122   1,781   1,734
      Civil engineering   1,244   1,195   1,369   2,355   1,080   1,279   1,431   1,247   763   497
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   2,481   1,793   1,228   1,518   1,122   964   1,369   1,293   1,097   2,071
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   1,937   2,026   1,808   1,371   1,227   1,669   1,013   886   1,090   1,545
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   9   40   0   0   4   10   4   0   0   0
      Engineering not elsewhere classified   3,464   3,663   3,406   3,905   3,387   2,938   1,723   1,270   949   969
    Non-S&E   13,913   9,030   7,908   7,731   6,219   6,674   7,338   7,689   7,313   7,517
      Business management and business administration   1,364   2,271   1,001   207   381   276   1,075   1,428   65   0
      Communication and communications technologies   613   481   1,438   1,433   491   646   611   261   260   0
      Education   1,504   1,287   2,289   2,809   1,672   1,815   1,652   2,241   2,844   2,574
      Humanities   597   609   88   999   844   741   122   232   53   62
      Law   145   13   2   162   165   70   23   0   0   0
      Social work   819   3   0   0   0   0   14   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   132   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   0
      Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified   8,739   4,366   3,090   2,121   2,666   3,126   3,841   3,527   4,087   4,881

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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