Data

U. Wyoming

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   167,306   150,124   139,764   93,202   93,061   80,353   113,063   125,032   112,056   56,996
    Science   126,262   116,814   104,159   67,555   71,421   60,378 i   76,185   82,026   70,800   49,360
      Computer and information sciences   3,603   1,958   2,220   1,580   581   342   317   940   1,033   256
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   28,168   21,692   19,400   11,251   12,944   6,755   9,473   10,877   11,830   21,371
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   8,938   6,957   8,056   6,464   9,925   5,109   4,891   4,287   4,139   4,618
        Geological and earth sciences   18,845   14,471   11,115   2,971   3,008   1,623   2,527   6,590   7,691   2,343
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   136   188   149   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   249   76   80   1,816   11   23   2,055   0   0   14,410
      Life sciences   61,043   57,427   52,377   43,538   47,073   41,934 i   41,272   46,842   46,064   19,576
        Agricultural sciences   19,845   18,589   15,138   8,607   12,086   10,856 i   9,960   11,166   19,069   3,805
        Biological and biomedical sciences   19,207   21,047   22,214   15,284   14,659   13,913 i   9,277   8,749   6,858   7,477
        Health sciences   8,694   7,519   6,761   3,903   2,320   4,206 i   17,664   20,121   13,636   1,405
        Natural resources and conservation   10,074   8,336   7,397   7,606   11,018   12,959 i   4,371   4,768   6,501   0
        Life sciences nec   3,223   1,936   867   8,138   6,990   0 i   0   2,038   0   6,889
      Mathematics and statistics   1,554   1,816   1,661   1,306   1,276   1,499   10,004   9,542   5,445   1,392
      Physical sciences   5,611   3,585   2,625   1,808   1,248   1,825   4,632   2,866   3,587   4,068
        Astronomy and astrophysics   521   362   241   177   0   0   763   1,237   1,229   0
        Chemistry   2,556   2,130   1,894   625   554   933   2,484   907   1,338   2,203
        Materials science   6   54   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   2,528   1,005   467   549   679   892   1,385   722   1,020   1,865
        Physical sciences nec   0   34   23   457   15   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   949   907   883   412   664   236   238   26   40   68
      Social sciences   7,616   5,624   5,421   1,086   535   477   10,249   9,906   2,801   2,582
        Anthropology   964   1,246   1,119   401   311   231   719   1,240   999   0
        Economics   2,836   1,919   1,643   454   120   198   9,176   8,144   868   611
        Political science and government   0   21   8   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   268   75   67   3   0   30   0   0   784   706
        Social sciences nec   3,548   2,363   2,584   228   104   18   354   522   150   1,265
      Sciences nec   17,718   23,805   19,572   6,574   7,100   7,310   0   1,027   0   47
    Engineering   32,812   23,084   28,379   24,675   20,317   19,550 i   36,672   39,901   37,752   5,568
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   45   97   214   30   0   0 i   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   1,058   803   760   49   39   0 i   0   0   0   0
      Chemical engineering   11,492   10,741   14,886   7,763   5,488   11,032 i   29,102   30,793   17,521   2,324
      Civil engineering   3,951   3,624   5,420   2,743   2,794   3,118 i   5,973   7,095   4,064   1,379
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   1,579   1,402   907   532   454   2,627 i   254   598   265   378
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0 i   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   848   1,381   2,028   1,985   1,455   2,681 i   1,343   1,415   734   780
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   246   395   116   0   0   0 i   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   13,593   4,641   4,048   11,573   10,087   92 i   0   0   15,168   707
    Non-S&E   8,232   10,226   7,226   972   1,323   425   206   3,105   3,504   2,068
      Business management and business administration   1,541   2,612   2,644   0   0   0   0   0   0   6
      Communication and communications technologies   171   389   400   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Education   1,030   1,524   1,475   43   210   414   0   0   594   1,295
      Humanities   208   840   1,185   0   0   0   139   550   134   45
      Law   1,763   1,325   104   0   0   0   1   0   23   0
      Social work   147   234   185   104   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   1,261   1,368   573   0   0   0   22   2,514   418   0
      Non-S&E nec   2,111   1,934   660   825   1,113   11   44   41   2,335   722

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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