Data

U. Vermont

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   246,240   233,806   216,307   195,320   191,147   135,859   128,293   117,667   115,611   114,547
    Science   207,850   199,456   190,238   170,393   167,619   127,809   120,467   108,690   105,442   105,585
      Computer and information sciences   3,672   3,361   3,614   2,978   3,036   2,829   1,305   1,830   633   537
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   3,201   4,650   4,278   3,237   2,716   772   446   141   290   1,038
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   2,549   3,052   2,221   1,947   1,508   12   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   42   940   2,052   1,284   937   459   287   141   290   471
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   530   0   0   6   233   0   0   0   0   185
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   80   658   5   0   38   301   159   0   0   382
      Life sciences   173,661   167,760   158,896   142,622   142,081   111,873   107,706   96,175   93,995   93,690
        Agricultural sciences   36,264   30,263   23,593   21,096   18,247   13,453   17,244   13,402   12,941   10,532
        Biological and biomedical sciences   62,163   59,063   61,287   51,579   54,565   46,795   40,394   36,072   37,923   40,647
        Health sciences   66,150   69,915   65,313   63,210   64,224   48,324   47,413   43,594   40,695   37,943
        Natural resources and conservation   9,084   8,519   8,703   6,737   5,045   3,215   2,343   2,454   2,331   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   86   312   653   105   4,568
      Mathematics and statistics   3,233   2,319   3,132   3,153   2,154   612   327   605   510   759
      Physical sciences   3,367   3,944   4,354   4,354   4,877   3,235   2,297   2,066   1,079   1,056
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   140   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   2,018   2,849   2,951   3,250   2,415   2,438   1,368   1,298   775   670
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   21   4   17   17   0   0
        Physics   1,349   1,095   1,199   1,104   2,441   793   912   751   304   386
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   64   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   3,298   4,830   5,186   3,694   3,084   1,773   1,333   1,332   1,587   2,113
      Social sciences   14,757   9,950   8,023   6,052   4,492   1,356   1,104   1,037   936   348
        Anthropology   538   571   639   481   604   128   69   107   54   0
        Economics   9,317   5,985   4,384   3,001   1,736   175   101   97   154   4
        Political science and government   1,564   1,408   1,505   1,305   1,098   7   0   0   0   0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   690   543   770   671   526   0   0   0   0   263
        Social sciences nec   2,648   1,443   725   594   528   1,046   934   833   728   81
      Sciences nec   2,661   2,642   2,755   4,303   5,179   5,359   5,949   5,504   6,412   6,044
    Engineering   20,298   18,270   11,621   11,914   11,209   7,864   7,712   8,743   9,788   8,505
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   2,448   2,512   2,128   2,425   1,894   1,865   2,275   2,628   2,858   2,127
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   295   828   1,886   428   306
      Chemical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil engineering   5,028   5,611   3,598   3,890   3,559   2,204   1,627   1,924   1,774   2,970
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   2,577   1,946   2,198   2,484   3,164   2,011   1,301   663   0   0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   3,089   2,765   3,230   2,656   2,197   1,238   1,456   731   0   0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   395   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   6,761   5,436   467   459   395   251   225   911   4,728   3,102
    Non-S&E   18,092   16,080   14,448   13,013   12,319   186   114   234   381   457
      Business management and business administration   4,606   3,960   3,363   3,234   3,386   0   0   0   0   35
      Communication and communications technologies   651   577   363   342   346   4   0   0   26   73
      Education   3,909   3,089   2,473   2,417   1,897   86   103   179   210   293
      Humanities   6,582   6,434   6,150   5,442   5,059   43   11   55   145   56
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   258   239   304   242   139   40   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   1,531   1,624   1,670   1,336   1,492   13   0   0   0   0
      Non-S&E nec   555   157   125   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

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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