Data

Wake Forest 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   308,972   269,109   264,216   244,643   238,933   191,371   182,227   170,006   171,926   176,380
    Science   299,488   260,313   257,961   240,412   236,109   190,942   181,876   169,533   171,538   176,380
      Computer and information sciences   629   401   266   226   81   159   156   127   156   524
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   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   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   291,310   253,966   253,797   236,154   230,592   188,702   179,098   165,939   167,549   172,224
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   5,132   3,339   3,260   3,538   3,042   2,369   2,057   902   1,117   1,222
        Health sciences   286,149   250,627   250,518   232,490   227,411   186,333   177,041   165,037   164,286   169,136
        Natural resources and conservation   29   0   19   126   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   139   0   0   0   2,146   1,866
      Mathematics and statistics   716   381   161   529   408   97   168   157   90   47
      Physical sciences   2,331   1,996   2,236   2,196   3,071   1,755   2,162   3,048   3,304   3,100
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   27   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   704   685   1,010   575   1,370   391   606   789   566   316
        Materials science   331   224   146   255   21   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   1,296   1,087   1,080   1,366   1,680   1,337   1,556   2,259   2,738   2,784
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   704   1,035   812   847   1,041   126   190   179   406   485
      Social sciences   3,798   2,534   689   460   901   103   102   83   33   0
        Anthropology   21   0   4   79   141   35   35   58   0   0
        Economics   422   410   200   81   206   38   63   20   0   0
        Political science and government   175   335   270   119   220   16   1   5   29   0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   2,990   1,789   215   181   62   14   3   0   4   0
        Social sciences nec   190   0   0   0   272   0   0   0   0   0
      Sciences nec   0   0   0   0   15   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   1,499   1,427   1,204   859   385   49   0   0   0   0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Chemical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   1,499   1,427   1,204   859   385   49   0   0   0   0
    Non-S&E   7,985   7,369   5,051   3,372   2,439   380   351   473   388   0
      Business management and business administration   0   0   1   119   0   86   33   0   6   0
      Communication and communications technologies   211   90   63   119   341   252   207   207   245   0
      Education   285   505   1,400   972   832   2   0   200   127   0
      Humanities   6,489   5,252   3,057   1,796   858   37   111   66   10   0
      Law   113   339   186   70   1   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   556   445   341   261   286   3   0   0   0   0
      Non-S&E nec   331   738   3   35   121   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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