Data

U. Utah

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   789,271   723,713   670,119   624,737   607,061   601,133   552,306   380,295   350,212   518,928
    Science   577,096   512,855   440,735   549,093 i   519,630 i   493,236 i   492,155 i   278,963   284,317   405,043
      Computer and information sciences   5,279   249   3,034   33,446 i   37,159 i   40,967 i   42,025 i   0   28,660   30,756
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   13,903   11,126   9,233   47,024 i   20,011 i   27,848 i   12,580 i   11,668   13,199   12,633
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   5,755   5,647   984   0 i   7,124 i   7,784 i   7,409 i   500   4,586   4,613
        Geological and earth sciences   8,148   5,479   6,198   41,384 i   12,887 i   20,064 i   5,171 i   11,168   8,613   8,004
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0 i   0 i   0 i   0 i   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   2,051   5,640 i   0 i   0 i   0 i   0   0   16
      Life sciences   502,926   453,037   379,462   420,965 i   402,001 i   343,744 i   391,825 i   229,488   209,924   326,552
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0 i   0 i   0 i   0 i   0   183   15
        Biological and biomedical sciences   45,199   28,019   27,988   44,662 i   40,013 i   16,890 i   20,288 i   50,471   65,171   52,034
        Health sciences   439,439   409,503   351,390   369,765 i   361,988 i   321,728 i   345,008 i   168,137   141,740   193,906
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   84   363 i   0 i   0 i   24,152 i   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   18,288   15,515   0   6,175 i   0 i   5,126 i   2,377 i   10,880   2,830   80,597
      Mathematics and statistics   3,792   3,727   6,083   3,708 i   4,065 i   3,722 i   4,496 i   3,176   3,453   5,959
      Physical sciences   25,799   24,991   18,579   30,441 i   30,170 i   54,131 i   24,919 i   25,908   22,257   19,361
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   9,145   0 i   9,853 i   9,855 i   8,984 i   10,116   6,263   0
        Chemistry   18,579   17,148   9,434   19,435 i   18,018 i   40,326 i   15,935 i   15,140   14,447   11,963
        Materials science   0   0   0   2,061 i   0 i   0 i   0 i   192   1,547   0
        Physics   7,220   7,843   0   8,945 i   0 i   0 i   0 i   446   0   7,398
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0 i   2,299 i   3,950 i   0 i   14   0   0
      Psychology   4,794   5,663   6,805   7,255 i   11,198 i   18,431 i   5,683 i   4,640   3,954   3,545
      Social sciences   20,603   14,062   16,524   6,254 i   14,837 i   3,776 i   10,627 i   4,083   2,870   6,237
        Anthropology   928   621   44   992 i   1,286 i   1,044 i   1,110 i   559   412   0
        Economics   301   141   198   92 i   164 i   90 i   0 i   0   163   225
        Political science and government   325   336   662   516 i   1,017 i   720 i   213 i   0   221   67
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   18,150   12,021   11,402   4,626 i   7,151 i   1,146 i   9,304 i   3,445   2,074   486
        Social sciences nec   899   943   4,218   28 i   5,219 i   776 i   0 i   79   0   5,459
      Sciences nec   0   0   1,015   0 i   189 i   617 i   0 i   0   0   0
    Engineering   122,011   113,129   111,749   48,225 i   57,608 i   55,478 i   42,053 i   39,993   38,353   104,366
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0 i   0 i   0 i   0 i   0   0   2,218
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   5,905   5,103   9,552   6,433 i   10,656 i   10,282 i   5,311 i   7,624   7,243   6,603
      Chemical engineering   6,986   6,491   4,170   7,795 i   9,364 i   3,073 i   2,218 i   8,292   8,262   8,479
      Civil engineering   45,932   43,039   48,174   5,500 i   4,901 i   4,815 i   4,460 i   0   3,224   21,123
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   41,461   38,983   34,210   12,354 i   13,230 i   11,078 i   9,358 i   9,942   6,820   5,808
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0 i   0 i   1 i   0 i   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   10,211   13,090   2,052   10,970 i   12,796 i   11,561 i   11,162 i   5,669   4,615   4,872
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   5,501   4,744   722   2,688 i   3,945 i   5,637 i   7,571 i   7,684   6,228   7,829
      Engineering nec   6,015   1,679   12,869   2,485 i   2,716 i   9,031 i   1,973 i   782   1,961   47,434
    Non-S&E   90,164   97,729   117,635   27,419 i   29,823 i   52,419 i   18,098 i   61,339   27,542   9,519
      Business management and business administration   2,004   932   3,460   2,296 i   924 i   646 i   828 i   2,354   961   1,315
      Communication and communications technologies   2,486   1,902   1,671   2,628 i   2,771 i   1,872 i   956 i   29,639   310   1,360
      Education   1,790   2,433   1,809   2,609 i   472 i   1,370 i   0 i   345   312   3,000
      Humanities   380   386   1,557   308 i   269 i   863 i   0 i   177   370   2,570
      Law   1,007   883   732   48 i   16 i   18 i   345 i   0   29   1,139
      Social work   0   0   43   2,805 i   1,685 i   8,146 i   1,300 i   3,463   941   0
      Visual and performing arts   1,342   1,096   3,950   1,568 i   1,127 i   0 i   474 i   77   44   135
      Non-S&E nec   81,155   90,097   104,413   15,157 i   22,559 i   39,504 i   14,195 i   25,284   24,575   0

i=imputed

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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