Data

George Mason U.

Total R&D expenditures, by source of funds and R&D field: 2023
(Dollars in thousands)
Field All R&D expenditures Federal government State and local government Institution funds Business Nonprofit organizations All other sources
  All R&D fields   252,239   125,437   4,311   66,769   8,346   40,831   6,545
    Science   164,003   71,173   2,538   48,152   3,459   33,313   5,368
      Computer and information sciences   22,076   15,847   1,571   3,010   215   927   506
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   17,068   14,490   15   1,904   282   269   108
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   7,549   6,946   0   380   0   215   8
        Geological and earth sciences   8,533   6,911   0   1,495   0   35   92
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   680   342   15   14   282   19   8
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   306   291   0   15   0   0   0
      Life sciences   37,589   18,356   303   16,611   353   1,692   274
        Agricultural sciences   313   258   0   55   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   23,000   8,634   145   13,438   269   397   117
        Health sciences   13,168   8,874   65   2,780   75   1,218   156
        Natural resources and conservation   1,101   590   86   338   9   77   1
        Life sciences nec   7   0   7   0   0   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   2,657   1,523   0   723   203   208   0
      Physical sciences   7,098   5,856   13   1,221   0   0   8
        Astronomy and astrophysics   3,136   3,077   0   59   0   0   0
        Chemistry   1,470   1,022   13   435   0   0   0
        Materials science   1,542   1,253   0   289   0   0   0
        Physics   813   447   0   358   0   0   8
        Physical sciences nec   137   57   0   80   0   0   0
      Psychology   4,323   2,881   40   1,193   54   136   19
      Social sciences   73,092   12,132   596   23,478   2,352   30,081   4,453
        Anthropology   221   0   0   157   44   20   0
        Economics   51,935   7   0   19,345   1,359   27,319   3,905
        Political science and government   1,306   402   0   352   0   459   93
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   3,495   900   136   1,164   276   728   291
        Social sciences nec   16,135   10,823   460   2,460   673   1,555   164
      Sciences nec   100   88   0   12   0   0   0
    Engineering   61,036   49,947   1,595   8,361   650   414   69
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   7,510   5,825   529   742   357   2   55
      Chemical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil engineering   5,318   3,930   381   590   249   160   8
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   23,457   19,656   364   3,347   44   46   0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   21,568   18,165   321   3,082   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   2,135   1,508   0   527   0   100   0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   769   647   0   10   0   106   6
      Engineering nec   279   216   0   63   0   0   0
    Non-S&E   27,200   4,317   178   10,256   4,237   7,104   1,108
      Business management and business administration   2,749   719   160   764   0   369   737
      Communication and communications technologies   1,854   63   0   645   83   999   64
      Education   4,465   3,037   6   1,209   1   185   27
      Humanities   2,674   498   12   1,675   5   384   100
      Law   14,990   0   0   5,567   4,137   5,121   165
      Social work   45   0   0   45   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   281   0   0   236   11   25   9
      Non-S&E nec   142   0   0   115   0   21   6

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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