Data

U. South Alabama

Total R&D expenditures, by field: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
  All R&D fields   53,182   43,491   47,610   51,102   52,540   41,056   41,431   46,670   43,722   41,681
    Science   44,740   35,689   41,415   46,931   49,557   38,563   37,777   40,433   35,972   31,658
      Computer and information sciences   632   1,432   3,722   3,846   3,355   1,533   1,829   2,070   1,157   479
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   11,611   4,841   4,466   5,011   4,222   4,186   4,020   3,748   2,626   1,860
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   34   0
        Geological and earth sciences   285   217   244   90   69   51   8   42   54   41
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   11,326   4,624   4,222   4,921   4,153   4,135   4,012   3,706   2,538   1,819
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   26,117   25,738   31,362   36,664   40,597   31,779   31,113   33,736   30,848   28,190
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   221   376   232   87   403   413   230   334   332   355
        Health sciences   21,011   19,345   23,884   18,893   13,406   10,269   11,104   12,900   12,191   13,411
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   14   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   4,885   6,017   7,232   17,684   26,788   21,097   19,779   20,502   18,325   14,424
      Mathematics and statistics   584   267   163   80   31   55   81   68   30   22
      Physical sciences   970   561   626   433   471   278   319   326   535   442
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   787   454   589   407   471   278   262   266   493   437
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   183   107   37   26   0   0   57   60   42   5
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   4,059   2,217   561   311   253   200   30   71   23   134
      Social sciences   767   633   515   586   628   532   385   414   753   531
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   0   0   0   0   60   23   0   0   0   0
        Political science and government   0   0   4   0   0   11   0   0   0   6
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   90   127   89   31   91   112   60   23   59   106
        Social sciences nec   677   506   422   555   477   386   325   391   694   419
      Sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   7,228   6,231   5,085   3,640   2,411   1,956   2,852   2,033   2,273   2,336
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   267   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   194   92   52   257
      Chemical engineering   2,002   2,044   2,508   2,003   822   596   1,055   334   1,456   321
      Civil engineering   2,326   2,134   1,373   921   550   459   529   374   262   1,080
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   1,710   905   543   306   560   302   482   236   120   40
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   4   0   0   16   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   224   519   317   322   363   502   193   465   328   383
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   966   629   344   84   116   97   116   532   55   255
    Non-S&E   1,214   1,571   1,110   531   572   537   802   4,204   5,477   7,687
      Business management and business administration   0   4   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   16
      Communication and communications technologies   0   24   0   0   0   0   1   6   6   10
      Education   1,209   767   719   348   568   537   675   515   16   945
      Humanities   0   19   0   53   0   0   7   76   154   0
      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   5   0   0   1   4   0   2   2   0   122
      Non-S&E nec   0   757   391   129   0   0   116   3,605   5,300   6,594

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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