Data

George Mason U.

Total R&D expenditures, by source of funds and R&D field: 2024
(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   281,697   147,327   3,573   77,715   6,440   42,333   4,309
    Science   185,070   80,867   2,452   58,790   3,731   35,407   3,823
      Computer and information sciences   33,166   23,618   912   7,111   479   720   326
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   19,501   15,980   8   3,019   14   314   166
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   9,556   8,399   0   778   0   225   154
        Geological and earth sciences   9,256   7,113   0   2,121   3   8   11
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   379   344   8   8   11   7   1
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   310   124   0   112   0   74   0
      Life sciences   42,035   18,234   833   19,149   622   2,889   308
        Agricultural sciences   414   389   0   25   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   26,265   9,406   631   15,239   311   472   206
        Health sciences   13,547   7,554   63   3,161   308   2,365   96
        Natural resources and conservation   1,200   397   131   611   3   52   6
        Life sciences nec   609   488   8   113   0   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   3,135   1,471   0   1,101   291   272   0
      Physical sciences   7,545   5,619   0   1,852   11   54   9
        Astronomy and astrophysics   3,016   2,778   0   238   0   0   0
        Chemistry   1,707   942   0   765   0   0   0
        Materials science   1,617   1,517   0   65   0   35   0
        Physics   1,123   382   0   702   11   19   9
        Physical sciences nec   82   0   0   82   0   0   0
      Psychology   4,449   2,818   64   1,381   36   92   58
      Social sciences   75,128   13,016   635   25,177   2,278   31,066   2,956
        Anthropology   227   70   0   157   0   0   0
        Economics   53,008   22   0   20,179   1,488   29,078   2,241
        Political science and government   1,322   0   0   450   0   596   276
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   3,736   1,365   20   1,381   348   386   236
        Social sciences nec   16,835   11,559   615   3,010   442   1,006   203
      Sciences nec   111   111   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   70,807   61,653   924   7,472   392   228   138
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   8,589   6,701   502   1,288   70   23   5
      Chemical engineering   53   0   0   13   40   0   0
      Civil engineering   5,621   4,428   187   675   232   99   0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   28,244   25,219   234   2,724   50   2   15
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   24,592   22,639   1   1,952   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   2,475   1,870   0   481   0   99   25
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   875   743   0   34   0   5   93
      Engineering nec   358   53   0   305   0   0   0
    Non-S&E   25,820   4,807   197   11,453   2,317   6,698   348
      Business management and business administration   2,736   729   189   1,465   0   169   184
      Communication and communications technologies   2,141   211   0   765   94   1,057   14
      Education   6,124   3,597   1   2,279   5   231   11
      Humanities   3,241   270   7   2,461   20   465   18
      Law   10,795   0   0   4,009   2,193   4,502   91
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   283   0   0   261   5   0   17
      Non-S&E nec   500   0   0   213   0   274   13

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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