Data

Harvard 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   1,435,218   639,953   4,250   488,906   71,497   202,605   28,007
    Science   1,197,209   586,997   3,540   359,686   65,006   158,300   23,680
      Computer and information sciences   28,969   11,410   44   15,354   1,085   1,076   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   30,302   19,045   122   6,382   2,175   2,173   405
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   7,192   4,259   0   791   302   1,539   301
        Geological and earth sciences   10,324   3,879   0   4,190   1,657   494   104
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   367   313   0   49   0   5   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   12,419   10,594   122   1,352   216   135   0
      Life sciences   793,236   425,411   1,267   209,445   44,253   99,983   12,877
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   647,908   346,008   756   173,213   37,662   79,948   10,321
        Health sciences   140,426   77,144   511   34,916   6,217   19,082   2,556
        Natural resources and conservation   4,068   2,259   0   482   374   953   0
        Life sciences nec   834   0   0   834   0   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   19,878   16,858   0   2,113   28   869   10
      Physical sciences   134,733   65,331   0   39,847   15,972   13,111   472
        Astronomy and astrophysics   14,369   5,981   0   3,967   0   4,421   0
        Chemistry   34,728   19,797   0   9,671   1,412   3,550   298
        Materials science   3,996   3,711   0   285   0   0   0
        Physics   70,188   34,387   0   23,228   7,259   5,140   174
        Physical sciences nec   11,452   1,455   0   2,696   7,301   0   0
      Psychology   8,218   3,140   0   4,262   0   740   76
      Social sciences   169,192   45,358   2,107   70,409   1,396   40,082   9,840
        Anthropology   5,387   30   0   4,872   4   300   181
        Economics   33,270   3,630   0   13,545   135   9,254   6,706
        Political science and government   44,567   1,565   1,911   27,098   1,147   12,296   550
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   31,872   17,686   0   10,291   0   3,301   594
        Social sciences nec   54,096   22,447   196   14,603   110   14,931   1,809
      Sciences nec   12,681   444   0   11,874   97   266   0
    Engineering   99,830   42,222   645   38,890   5,376   10,961   1,736
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   18,072   0   13   4,817   2,941   8,839   1,462
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   47,731   24,834   0   22,885   0   0   12
      Chemical engineering   1,410   1,410   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil engineering   7,420   1,511   0   4,141   120   1,528   120
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   5,245   2,796   0   1,855   209   302   83
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   538   538   0   0   0   0   0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   17,947   11,133   632   3,839   1,992   292   59
      Engineering nec   1,467   0   0   1,353   114   0   0
    Non-S&E   138,179   10,734   65   90,330   1,115   33,344   2,591
      Business management and business administration   36,108   0   0   36,108   0   0   0
      Communication and communications technologies   3,687   0   0   986   0   2,701   0
      Education   47,420   8,183   0   16,048   894   21,184   1,111
      Humanities   22,073   2,284   0   13,966   87   4,531   1,205
      Law   24,364   267   65   18,846   134   4,777   275
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   4,527   0   0   4,376   0   151   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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