Data

U. South Alabama

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   70,084   53,182   43,491   47,610   51,102   52,540   41,056   41,431   46,670   43,722
    Science   53,177   44,740   35,689   41,415   46,931   49,557   38,563   37,777   40,433   35,972
      Computer and information sciences   4,064   632   1,432   3,722   3,846   3,355   1,533   1,829   2,070   1,157
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   10,884   11,611   4,841   4,466   5,011   4,222   4,186   4,020   3,748   2,626
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   34
        Geological and earth sciences   433   285   217   244   90   69   51   8   42   54
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   10,451   11,326   4,624   4,222   4,921   4,153   4,135   4,012   3,706   2,538
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   29,448   26,117   25,738   31,362   36,664   40,597   31,779   31,113   33,736   30,848
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   1,326   221   376   232   87   403   413   230   334   332
        Health sciences   23,059   21,011   19,345   23,884   18,893   13,406   10,269   11,104   12,900   12,191
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   14   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   5,063   4,885   6,017   7,232   17,684   26,788   21,097   19,779   20,502   18,325
      Mathematics and statistics   1,228   584   267   163   80   31   55   81   68   30
      Physical sciences   1,017   970   561   626   433   471   278   319   326   535
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   606   787   454   589   407   471   278   262   266   493
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   411   183   107   37   26   0   0   57   60   42
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   5,281   4,059   2,217   561   311   253   200   30   71   23
      Social sciences   1,255   767   633   515   586   628   532   385   414   753
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   0   0   0   0   0   60   23   0   0   0
        Political science and government   0   0   0   4   0   0   11   0   0   0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   357   90   127   89   31   91   112   60   23   59
        Social sciences nec   898   677   506   422   555   477   386   325   391   694
      Sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   11,730   7,228   6,231   5,085   3,640   2,411   1,956   2,852   2,033   2,273
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   267   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   194   92   52
      Chemical engineering   2,187   2,002   2,044   2,508   2,003   822   596   1,055   334   1,456
      Civil engineering   5,260   2,326   2,134   1,373   921   550   459   529   374   262
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   2,656   1,710   905   543   306   560   302   482   236   120
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   4   0   0   16   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   380   224   519   317   322   363   502   193   465   328
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   1,247   966   629   344   84   116   97   116   532   55
    Non-S&E   5,177   1,214   1,571   1,110   531   572   537   802   4,204   5,477
      Business management and business administration   0   0   4   0   0   0   0   1   0   1
      Communication and communications technologies   64   0   24   0   0   0   0   1   6   6
      Education   2,939   1,209   767   719   348   568   537   675   515   16
      Humanities   1,135   0   19   0   53   0   0   7   76   154
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   676   5   0   0   1   4   0   2   2   0
      Non-S&E nec   363   0   757   391   129   0   0   116   3,605   5,300

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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