Data

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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   1,065,554   595,053   2,631   90,091   181,626   127,564   68,589
    Science   586,864   346,786   0   49,237   85,845   78,023   26,973
      Computer and information sciences   121,430   61,026   0   16,203   33,394   4,592   6,215
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   39,286   28,788   0   3,523   3,854   2,334   787
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   18,856   14,905   0   1,700   1,979   67   205
        Geological and earth sciences   9,500   6,722   0   509   709   1,560   0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   5,569   3,697   0   558   77   655   582
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   5,361   3,464   0   756   1,089   52   0
      Life sciences   132,170   92,776   0   11,945   6,451   17,809   3,189
        Agricultural sciences   1,736   0   0   1,736   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   46,214   30,830   0   4,491   3,725   6,140   1,028
        Health sciences   39,934   31,636   0   2,673   387   4,815   423
        Natural resources and conservation   744   13   0   349   239   133   10
        Life sciences nec   43,542   30,297   0   2,696   2,100   6,721   1,728
      Mathematics and statistics   11,667   6,729   0   721   841   3,310   66
      Physical sciences   198,965   142,218   0   13,494   28,952   9,487   4,814
        Astronomy and astrophysics   36,690   33,912   0   971   0   1,333   474
        Chemistry   40,393   24,770   0   4,241   8,050   3,087   245
        Materials science   7,456   5,261   0   609   1,170   235   181
        Physics   74,421   58,377   0   5,583   3,520   3,626   3,315
        Physical sciences nec   40,005   19,898   0   2,090   16,212   1,206   599
      Psychology   999   923   0   70   0   0   6
      Social sciences   58,688   9,074   0   1,437   2,340   38,206   7,631
        Anthropology   12   12   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   39,656   3,562   0   389   455   30,014   5,236
        Political science and government   4,966   105   0   0   0   4,733   128
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Social sciences nec   14,054   5,395   0   1,048   1,885   3,459   2,267
      Sciences nec   23,659   5,252   0   1,844   10,013   2,285   4,265
    Engineering   413,889   240,944   2,607   37,065   68,669   29,617   34,987
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   37,539   25,583   4   4,515   6,698   390   349
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   102,433   67,269   803   7,833   8,599   14,667   3,262
      Chemical engineering   64,362   40,789   0   3,856   12,353   6,225   1,139
      Civil engineering   15,883   5,259   70   1,729   4,134   2,953   1,738
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   37,663   22,833   0   3,357   7,884   1,572   2,017
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   1,228   0   0   108   1,120   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   53,949   27,076   0   6,262   14,449   2,267   3,895
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   39,969   15,739   93   5,627   3,176   376   14,958
      Engineering nec   60,863   36,396   1,637   3,778   10,256   1,167   7,629
    Non-S&E   64,801   7,323   24   3,789   27,112   19,924   6,629
      Business management and business administration   10,577   2,790   0   1,593   4,095   447   1,652
      Communication and communications technologies   464   301   0   0   0   3   160
      Education   37,980   1,034   0   1,192   22,084   12,471   1,199
      Humanities   1,493   21   0   82   0   1,388   2
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   65   0   24   0   0   41   0
      Visual and performing arts   13   1   0   0   0   12   0
      Non-S&E nec   14,209   3,176   0   922   933   5,562   3,616

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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