Data

U. Virginia, Charlottesville

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   714,457   662,658   611,313   652,002   613,938   551,761   469,682   397,458   373,218   358,576
    Science   505,884   526,721   489,432   512,076   464,107   420,902   383,508   319,111   281,227   278,575
      Computer and information sciences   28,652   27,291   24,669   26,286   20,017   15,473   8,054   7,886   6,623   6,461
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   7,041   6,392   5,356   6,040   5,352   4,785   5,916   4,898   5,873   5,560
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   3   125   125   126   175   91   5,873   5,560
        Geological and earth sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   7,041   6,392   5,353   5,915   5,227   4,659   5,741   4,807   0   0
      Life sciences   418,932   432,700   402,376   420,679   385,793   352,154   301,356   245,218   227,649   224,411
        Agricultural sciences   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   151,637   249,817   229,238   230,231   212,843   199,462   105,312   94,071   59,596   60,672
        Health sciences   267,291   182,321   172,524   189,679   172,559   152,594   196,044   151,147   160,371   157,094
        Natural resources and conservation   0   562   614   769   391   98   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   7,682   6,645
      Mathematics and statistics   2,301   2,552   1,710   1,593   1,698   1,582   1,183   1,021   1,538   1,294
      Physical sciences   27,920   27,721   27,304   27,628   26,742   25,154   34,663   31,756   21,665   24,527
        Astronomy and astrophysics   3,805   3,875   3,780   3,424   3,301   2,622   2,715   3,288   3,434   2,877
        Chemistry   13,274   12,214   12,853   11,980   11,511   11,746   11,775   8,714   7,528   10,211
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   9,270   10,492   0   0
        Physics   10,841   11,632   10,671   12,224   11,930   10,786   10,903   9,262   10,703   11,439
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   7,392   6,549   7,565   10,335   9,245   8,894   13,965   10,719   5,163   6,443
      Social sciences   12,798   17,920   18,063   16,948   13,457   11,388   11,646   9,690   6,810   6,750
        Anthropology   396   409   460   708   200   166   72   345   0   0
        Economics   1,732   1,920   1,421   1,833   1,363   1,585   1,232   952   812   810
        Political science and government   7,010   5,795   6,609   4,619   2,846   2,210   3,020   2,774   4,104   3,947
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   1,157   3,822   3,844   3,627   3,163   2,407   3,003   1,942   1,434   1,239
        Social sciences nec   2,503   5,974   5,729   6,161   5,885   5,020   4,319   3,677   460   754
      Sciences nec   848   5,596   2,389   2,567   1,803   1,472   6,725   7,923   5,906   3,129
    Engineering   112,702   65,604   62,271   72,602   83,072   70,000   48,285   48,815   58,586   59,157
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   27,189   15,055   14,121   16,398   16,718   16,696   8,633   5,777   7,845   8,420
      Chemical engineering   8,245   6,028   5,853   4,574   4,269   3,333   2,251   2,100   1,777   2,713
      Civil engineering   1,500   0   275   1,549   5,685   5,285   5,480   5,832   4,916   4,358
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   13,485   11,820   13,670   16,824   14,882   10,958   9,340   8,783   9,885   9,664
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   377   0   0   0   0   0   3,414   3,212   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   11,231   11,272   8,080   9,288   9,388   7,075   0   0   13,480   12,832
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   13,897   12,527   9,385   10,680   18,918   13,633   0   0   12,303   12,390
      Engineering nec   36,778   8,902   10,887   13,289   13,212   13,020   19,167   23,111   8,380   8,780
    Non-S&E   95,871   70,333   59,610   67,324   66,759   60,859   37,889   29,532   33,405   20,844
      Business management and business administration   4,216   5,246   6,002   6,512   7,158   6,208   4,472   3,035   4,118   360
      Communication and communications technologies   252   12   0   0   0   0   12   0   2   118
      Education   52,697   38,779   31,557   35,808   36,458   35,170   19,781   15,821   19,434   14,015
      Humanities   7,927   7,190   5,259   7,195   5,574   4,626   7,454   6,749   5,646   5,033
      Law   1,020   1,228   1,418   1,454   1,263   1,275   514   371   730   488
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   696   491   360   548   352   428   384   468   110   40
      Non-S&E nec   29,063   17,387   15,014   15,807   15,954   13,152   5,272   3,088   3,365   790

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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