Data

Harvard 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   1,494,527   672,947   5,819   525,882   63,568   193,779   32,532
    Science   1,232,016   611,513   5,228   377,423   57,214   153,706   26,932
      Computer and information sciences   25,831   9,022   0   13,254   1,434   2,121   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   29,828   17,426   135   7,468   1,851   2,361   587
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   7,229   3,405   0   1,116   332   1,807   569
        Geological and earth sciences   9,084   3,785   0   3,581   1,296   404   18
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   145   124   0   21   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   13,370   10,112   135   2,750   223   150   0
      Life sciences   817,904   452,078   2,570   215,680   39,849   95,013   12,714
        Agricultural sciences   165   155   0   10   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   667,805   373,989   669   176,550   33,853   75,202   7,542
        Health sciences   145,348   75,852   1,901   37,278   5,440   19,705   5,172
        Natural resources and conservation   3,013   2,082   0   269   556   106   0
        Life sciences nec   1,573   0   0   1,573   0   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   24,070   19,235   0   3,881   93   749   112
      Physical sciences   136,052   64,698   0   45,918   12,079   12,503   854
        Astronomy and astrophysics   15,144   4,938   0   6,634   0   3,567   5
        Chemistry   35,731   19,288   0   10,908   592   4,365   578
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   73,860   38,223   0   25,905   4,890   4,571   271
        Physical sciences nec   11,317   2,249   0   2,471   6,597   0   0
      Psychology   6,923   2,820   0   3,825   0   228   50
      Social sciences   182,911   45,839   2,523   79,847   1,908   40,353   12,441
        Anthropology   5,977   227   0   5,530   0   54   166
        Economics   39,543   3,354   870   16,275   808   10,062   8,174
        Political science and government   45,855   1,979   1,636   28,579   901   11,947   813
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   31,983   17,789   0   10,082   0   3,461   651
        Social sciences nec   59,553   22,490   17   19,381   199   14,829   2,637
      Sciences nec   8,497   395   0   7,550   0   378   174
    Engineering   106,255   47,442   524   41,146   5,040   9,857   2,246
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   64,706   24,846   0   26,916   2,121   9,025   1,798
      Chemical engineering   2,096   2,091   0   5   0   0   0
      Civil engineering   4,984   2,215   0   2,589   67   35   78
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   9,925   4,523   0   3,767   859   535   241
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   290   290   0   0   0   0   0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   19,760   13,477   524   3,376   1,992   262   129
      Engineering nec   4,494   0   0   4,493   1   0   0
    Non-S&E   156,256   13,992   67   107,313   1,314   30,216   3,354
      Business management and business administration   37,252   0   0   37,252   0   0   0
      Communication and communications technologies   674   0   0   0   0   674   0
      Education   51,099   11,161   14   18,387   1,312   18,091   2,134
      Humanities   39,056   2,538   0   27,995   2   7,454   1,067
      Law   23,294   293   53   19,001   0   3,802   145
      Social work   8   0   0   0   0   0   8
      Visual and performing arts   4,873   0   0   4,678   0   195   0
      Non-S&E nec   0   0   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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