Data

Virginia Commonwealth U.

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   479,930   411,729   364,096   283,874   255,648   246,190   235,464   225,999   218,925   201,858
    Science   354,376   299,082   259,620   225,778   204,810   202,495   187,681   185,899   184,028   170,351
      Computer and information sciences   8,058   7,054   6,270   2,138   1,286   1,331   893   601   382   244
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   180   269   278   354   871   1,196   1,220   1,115   1,027   955
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   105   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        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   180   164   278   354   871   1,196   1,220   1,115   1,027   955
      Life sciences   320,557   272,134   233,486   206,550   185,744   181,220   167,275   167,768   164,136   151,340
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   81,364   72,528   72,971   53,656   50,240   46,022   46,806   49,583   48,445   47,807
        Health sciences   214,270   177,716   140,319   137,007   121,490   124,616   110,178   106,156   93,688   85,098
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   24,923   21,890   20,196   15,887   14,014   10,582   10,291   12,029   22,003   18,435
      Mathematics and statistics   839   930   698   793   890   1,085   1,048   1,208   1,425   2,063
      Physical sciences   5,346   3,280   3,396   3,499   3,469   3,607   2,873   3,049   6,350   7,503
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   3,645   1,733   2,017   2,250   2,383   2,287   1,945   1,668   4,982   6,094
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   1,701   1,547   1,379   1,249   1,086   1,320   928   1,381   1,368   1,409
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   12,123   10,801   10,533   10,743   11,299   11,581   11,843   9,434   8,799   6,427
      Social sciences   7,273   4,614   4,959   1,701   1,251   2,475   2,529   2,724   1,909   1,819
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   556   283   50   7   18   44   84   124   122   148
        Political science and government   6,717   4,331   4,898   1,543   1,099   2,280   2,254   2,515   1,698   1,671
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Social sciences nec   0   0   11   151   134   151   191   85   89   0
      Sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   29,609   30,518   32,233   29,811   26,072   20,262   23,146   16,251   12,384   7,189
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   5,780   6,117   6,629   5,114   3,733   3,492   3,514   2,074   1,276   852
      Chemical engineering   4,776   4,203   5,576   13,136   15,130   8,998   13,301   7,897   5,645   1,728
      Civil engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   5,874   8,914   7,133   1,947   1,919   1,722   1,853   1,581   1,329   1,670
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   6,613   7,000   6,655   4,327   3,590   4,089   4,281   0   2,806   1,984
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   6,566   4,284   6,240   5,287   1,700   1,961   197   4,699   1,328   955
    Non-S&E   95,945   82,129   72,243   28,285   24,766   23,433   24,637   23,849   22,513   24,318
      Business management and business administration   7,461   7,404   0   0   75   95   81   195   183   57
      Communication and communications technologies   64   57   17   18   11   2   27   30   88   82
      Education   27,287   27,416   23,357   22,720   20,002   18,745   20,516   17,539   16,712   19,134
      Humanities   17,221   16,501   18,381   1,290   2,139   1,328   168   1,672   1,199   496
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   2,652   1,643   1,596   1,454   1,320   924   875   1,141   1,178   1,011
      Visual and performing arts   13,415   11,473   11,962   462   182   234   652   1,268   746   1,268
      Non-S&E nec   27,845   17,635   16,930   2,341   1,037   2,105   2,318   2,004   2,407   2,270

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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