Data

Western Kentucky 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   9,298   7,720   6,944   8,241   9,281   9,617   10,814   8,926   7,854   8,280
    Science   7,843   6,593   5,488   6,333   7,275   7,220   8,462   7,093   6,421   7,048
      Computer and information sciences   13   7   0   13   18   21   22   20   65   85
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   963   1,142   1,013   842   979   1,175   1,270   1,510   887   1,548
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   106   48   122   18   130   135   0   87   0   400
        Geological and earth sciences   857   1,094   866   823   849   966   1,268   1,423   885   1,148
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   72   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   25   1   0   2   2   0   2   0
      Life sciences   3,615   2,547   2,315   2,888   3,422   3,209   3,223   2,823   1,737   1,656
        Agricultural sciences   785   462   525   581   548   545   507   594   333   348
        Biological and biomedical sciences   1,166   815   924   1,307   1,530   1,841   2,084   1,530   1,089   1,208
        Health sciences   1,505   1,005   665   686   1,134   823   623   578   288   79
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   9   0   0
        Life sciences nec   159   265   201   314   210   0   9   112   27   21
      Mathematics and statistics   52   75   9   27   55   73   129   4   3   5
      Physical sciences   1,717   1,714   1,205   1,785   1,845   2,019   2,793   2,218   3,406   3,561
        Astronomy and astrophysics   163   226   0   0   5   1   1   44   164   528
        Chemistry   824   888   772   1,360   1,287   1,063   1,363   1,113   2,280   2,460
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   730   600   433   425   553   955   1,211   971   813   515
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   218   90   149   58
      Psychology   1,087   809   757   672   749   561   609   297   161   55
      Social sciences   396   299   189   106   207   162   416   221   162   138
        Anthropology   40   16   10   19   43   53   229   53   0   0
        Economics   0   0   8   3   33   2   4   1   0   4
        Political science and government   224   98   62   79   126   70   81   58   7   4
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   67   167   104   0   4   13   79   61   54   91
        Social sciences nec   65   18   5   5   1   24   23   48   101   39
      Sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   615   510   604   689   597   783   600   387   515   350
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   0   0   0   0   2   0   5   20   0   0
      Chemical engineering   109   143   89   79   2   8   3   13   0   0
      Civil engineering   51   42   65   83   154   146   123   66   448   206
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   89   113   78   99   91   5   61   114   15   89
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   85   138   66   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   332   180   289   354   310   458   198   76   28   27
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   9   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   34   32   83   74   38   81   63   32   24   28
    Non-S&E   840   617   852   1,219   1,409   1,614   1,752   1,446   918   882
      Business management and business administration   130   92   41   256   331   247   212   226   79   62
      Communication and communications technologies   42   37   61   49   95   67   71   26   5   12
      Education   191   280   366   379   447   632   974   871   629   662
      Humanities   151   134   268   399   393   522   298   229   125   73
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2   0   0
      Social work   241   53   97   89   51   72   67   2   9   6
      Visual and performing arts   75   21   7   31   80   65   83   59   30   47
      Non-S&E nec   10   0   12   16   12   9   45   31   41   20

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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