Data

U. Rhode Island

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   137,462   144,013   129,102   129,296   109,967   115,160   104,490   101,871   97,900   93,828
    Science   111,316   119,228   103,258   109,500   91,877   96,797   90,361   87,555   84,013   80,250
      Computer and information sciences   1,574   2,484   743   439   523   687   783   703   636   399
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   55,727   61,366   54,685   52,469   42,634   50,513   47,018   49,241   43,504   40,356
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   17   11   0   0   47   58   169   261   418
        Geological and earth sciences   4,815   10,374   11,031   11,501   13,990   16,292   16,484   14,903   11,415   9,712
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   41,133   38,572   34,107   32,011   19,534   27,245   27,351   29,939   28,029   26,822
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   9,779   12,403   9,536   8,957   9,110   6,929   3,125   4,230   3,799   3,404
      Life sciences   40,419   36,874   29,670   28,984   27,699   24,563   24,101   22,192   23,299   21,362
        Agricultural sciences   7,124   5,436   3,465   4,209   3,400   2,546   1,904   1,740   1,556   1,840
        Biological and biomedical sciences   22,191   22,967   15,848   17,614   18,161   13,997   9,141   6,667   8,640   4,392
        Health sciences   17   2   5,359   3,849   2,397   2,944   2,714   4,076   2,314   8,125
        Natural resources and conservation   105   0   775   2   0   0   5   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   10,982   8,469   4,223   3,310   3,741   5,076   10,337   9,709   10,789   7,005
      Mathematics and statistics   29   57   0   5   0   0   0   0   0   64
      Physical sciences   3,774   6,026   4,119   3,328   3,869   3,194   3,713   3,764   4,891   5,723
        Astronomy and astrophysics   109   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   2,375   3,553   2,246   1,957   2,081   2,020   2,469   2,726   4,181   5,014
        Materials science   6   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   319   421   102   20   100   95   104   52   145   202
        Physical sciences nec   965   2,052   1,771   1,351   1,688   1,079   1,140   986   565   507
      Psychology   3,926   3,779   3,552   3,222   2,059   1,483   2,030   1,507   1,502   1,572
      Social sciences   3,250   4,447   2,746   1,417   2,377   2,432   3,204   2,605   2,753   4,636
        Anthropology   0   0   0   3   0   530   0   0   0   0
        Economics   405   965   388   565   937   168   836   757   354   67
        Political science and government   275   587   69   85   92   136   110   86   51   90
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   0   0   287   0   24   82   204   272   196   71
        Social sciences nec   2,570   2,895   2,002   764   1,324   1,516   2,054   1,490   2,152   4,408
      Sciences nec   2,617   4,195   7,743   19,636   12,716   13,925   9,512   7,543   7,428   6,138
    Engineering   17,567   14,637   11,931   10,766   10,182   10,632   7,910   7,642   6,549   5,889
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   90   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   1,282   674   650   510   319   318   575   297   43   71
      Chemical engineering   1,451   1,907   2,146   1,539   2,052   1,165   514   485   966   1,122
      Civil engineering   3,980   1,624   1,244   1,195   1,369   2,355   1,080   1,279   1,431   1,247
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   1,489   2,417   2,481   1,793   1,228   1,518   1,122   964   1,369   1,293
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   41   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   3,517   3,772   1,937   2,026   1,808   1,371   1,227   1,669   1,013   886
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   20   17   9   40   0   0   4   10   4   0
      Engineering nec   5,697   4,226   3,464   3,663   3,406   3,905   3,387   2,938   1,723   1,270
    Non-S&E   8,579   10,148   13,913   9,030   7,908   7,731   6,219   6,674   7,338   7,689
      Business management and business administration   1,156   1,816   1,364   2,271   1,001   207   381   276   1,075   1,428
      Communication and communications technologies   632   1,885   613   481   1,438   1,433   491   646   611   261
      Education   2,025   3,185   1,504   1,287   2,289   2,809   1,672   1,815   1,652   2,241
      Humanities   771   737   597   609   88   999   844   741   122   232
      Law   58   391   145   13   2   162   165   70   23   0
      Social work   555   790   819   3   0   0   0   0   14   0
      Visual and performing arts   8   0   132   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Non-S&E nec   3,374   1,344   8,739   4,366   3,090   2,121   2,666   3,126   3,841   3,527

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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