Data

U. Wisconsin-Madison

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   1,933,229   1,731,949   1,523,513   1,380,075   1,363,931   1,297,331   1,205,518   1,193,413   1,157,680   1,069,077
    Science   1,613,197   1,444,613   1,279,069   1,163,175   1,138,453   1,082,637   995,392   956,312   903,996   802,809
      Computer and information sciences   38,851   38,571   30,295   23,678   28,241   20,372   22,024   20,155   21,226   22,416
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   81,799   77,933   68,178   65,814   65,000   58,701   50,280   52,105   54,306   50,144
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   47,676   46,930   39,134   39,038   40,482   35,945   27,613   28,265   29,507   28,589
        Geological and earth sciences   20,371   18,251   17,782   17,180   15,574   14,233   13,501   14,809   14,915   8,769
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   4,232
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   13,752   12,752   11,262   9,596   8,944   8,523   9,166   9,031   9,884   8,554
      Life sciences   1,190,134   1,058,529   952,068   861,558   839,302   814,119   740,883   707,668   654,896   589,652
        Agricultural sciences   178,483   144,969   128,234   114,940   104,300   74,783   75,310   81,313   73,532   55,099
        Biological and biomedical sciences   373,725   347,583   318,077   273,356   277,654   261,715   220,658   194,360   188,386   175,884
        Health sciences   630,620   560,021   500,026   467,332   451,868   472,274   440,649   427,141   388,222   351,361
        Natural resources and conservation   1,549   1,009   1,058   997   935   626   441   387   614   0
        Life sciences nec   5,757   4,947   4,673   4,933   4,545   4,721   3,825   4,467   4,142   7,308
      Mathematics and statistics   12,277   8,838   7,005   6,394   6,675   6,405   5,825   5,983   6,950   6,170
      Physical sciences   116,393   113,636   97,161   87,587   83,687   75,231   73,381   71,282   75,530   73,139
        Astronomy and astrophysics   7,541   6,804   6,382   5,556   5,564   5,765   5,780   5,399   4,903   6,193
        Chemistry   41,894   39,292   36,183   33,896   31,441   26,369   24,620   23,685   25,147   23,673
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   40,518   41,543   33,045   26,135   24,984   27,643   24,980   24,903   26,704   28,531
        Physical sciences nec   26,440   25,997   21,551   22,000   21,698   15,454   18,001   17,295   18,776   14,742
      Psychology   12,687   13,198   10,208   10,944   12,090   12,498   10,555   9,902   9,103   6,352
      Social sciences   89,008   75,982   65,924   63,043   59,239   48,019   47,110   43,324   41,370   45,158
        Anthropology   1,510   1,287   1,513   682   1,022   1,178   1,072   1,121   653   0
        Economics   13,359   9,665   9,483   8,813   8,756   3,791   3,102   2,181   2,038   7,961
        Political science and government   8,602   7,602   8,183   8,695   6,515   5,719   5,317   4,631   4,239   4,089
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   7,074   8,975   7,258   6,042   6,535   7,402   7,461   7,925   9,160   10,980
        Social sciences nec   58,463   48,453   39,487   38,811   36,411   29,929   30,158   27,466   25,280   22,128
      Sciences nec   72,048   57,926   48,230   44,157   44,219   47,292   45,334   45,893   40,615   9,778
    Engineering   194,988   171,445   148,673   131,709   133,600   126,587   118,576   148,949   147,315   135,557
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   16,613   16,300   16,734   16,836   15,701   14,141   12,099   30,306   36,360   29,677
      Chemical engineering   22,164   18,535   15,061   10,886   12,549   11,045   11,199   13,533   12,609   10,821
      Civil engineering   19,229   16,818   14,220   13,124   13,952   11,430   12,401   16,092   16,003   16,691
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   22,882   24,312   20,315   15,878   16,300   17,001   15,368   14,579   13,904   11,611
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   8,248   6,560   5,387   4,997   4,798   4,678   4,879   4,788   4,817   0
      Mechanical engineering   30,471   23,196   16,882   12,365   12,790   10,510   8,423   8,090   7,963   7,607
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   18,763   13,459   13,129   12,706   11,362   10,701   10,767   13,316   11,036   9,471
      Engineering nec   56,618   52,265   46,945   44,917   46,148   47,081   43,440   48,245   44,623   49,679
    Non-S&E   125,044   115,891   95,771   85,191   91,878   88,107   91,550   88,152   106,369   130,711
      Business management and business administration   15,501   13,381   12,255   11,664   11,647   11,470   14,871   15,549   14,888   62,325
      Communication and communications technologies   11,672   8,154   6,059   5,267   4,152   4,135   3,352   3,293   2,888   3,508
      Education   37,684   39,358   30,239   28,245   29,494   25,084   30,441   31,325   30,779   38,323
      Humanities   19,739   19,710   17,166   14,791   14,630   14,555   12,229   11,746   11,006   14,278
      Law   7,777   6,555   3,958   3,389   3,865   3,258   2,266   3,182   1,995   1,742
      Social work   1,171   951   1,314   745   815   1,895   296   442   1,233   1,223
      Visual and performing arts   3,479   3,153   2,423   2,087   2,099   1,938   1,940   1,950   1,939   1,305
      Non-S&E nec   28,021   24,629   22,357   19,003   25,176   25,772   26,155   20,665   41,641   8,007

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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