Data

U. District of Columbia

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   7,945   10,779   8,104   4,590   4,800   2,960   3,733   3,469   2,043   2,361
    Science   1,317   3,750   3,920   2,554   3,335   2,239   2,362   2,605   2,043   1,842
      Computer and information sciences   351   255   242   79   0   0   0   0   0   140
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   146   183   177   41   84   102   189   124   53   320
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   88   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   146   95   177   41   84   102   189   124   0   114
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   53   206
      Life sciences   107   2,810   3,054   2,157   2,600   1,804   1,872   2,294   1,967   1,370
        Agricultural sciences   27   2,618   2,726   2,157   2,538   1,626   1,813   1,614   1,416   1,146
        Biological and biomedical sciences   24   0   63   0   0   22   51   237   551   224
        Health sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Natural resources and conservation   15   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   41   192   265   0   62   156   8   443   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   227   502   447   277   629   166   282   187   23   0
      Physical sciences   7   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   7   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   284   0   0   0   22   0   0   0   0   0
      Social sciences   50   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   12
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Political science and government   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   50   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Social sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   12
      Sciences nec   145   0   0   0   0   167   19   0   0   0
    Engineering   3,342   5,725   3,134   1,388   708   721   1,371   864   0   519
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   7   472   17   0   0   0   0   13   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   114   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Chemical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil engineering   484   1,231   167   554   533   656   1,203   555   0   413
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   205   242   190   0   0   32   152   296   0   94
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   597   1,130   1,014   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   1,935   2,650   1,746   515   175   0   0   0   0   12
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   0   0   0   319   0   33   16   0   0   0
    Non-S&E   3,286   1,304   1,050   648   757   0   0   0   0   0
      Business management and business administration   220   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Communication and communications technologies   470   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Education   384   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Humanities   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Law   20   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   254   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Non-S&E nec   1,938   1,304   1,050   648   757   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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