Data

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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   1,000,081   559,766   2,079   73,497   176,277   112,591   75,871
    Science   545,659   328,304   0   38,692   83,340   72,509   22,814
      Computer and information sciences   119,666   68,071   0   13,456   30,085   2,012   6,042
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   28,790   20,269   0   2,415   2,540   2,957   609
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   11,107   8,839   0   1,017   886   222   143
        Geological and earth sciences   9,244   6,230   0   425   813   1,776   0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   4,540   2,878   0   157   107   932   466
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   3,899   2,322   0   816   734   27   0
      Life sciences   127,959   86,466   0   9,172   10,820   17,136   4,365
        Agricultural sciences   801   0   0   801   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   49,814   29,243   0   4,022   5,914   7,642   2,993
        Health sciences   34,612   27,519   0   2,322   161   4,522   88
        Natural resources and conservation   836   202   0   27   402   205   0
        Life sciences nec   41,896   29,502   0   2,000   4,343   4,767   1,284
      Mathematics and statistics   10,270   5,971   0   674   830   2,740   55
      Physical sciences   180,988   132,434   0   10,357   26,460   8,822   2,915
        Astronomy and astrophysics   36,661   33,267   0   948   0   2,377   69
        Chemistry   35,918   23,384   0   3,540   7,597   1,147   250
        Materials science   6,050   3,788   0   493   1,300   227   242
        Physics   70,662   56,056   0   4,354   4,233   4,111   1,908
        Physical sciences nec   31,697   15,939   0   1,022   13,330   960   446
      Psychology   525   520   0   0   0   0   5
      Social sciences   55,636   9,496   0   1,365   2,767   36,281   5,727
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   38,544   4,901   0   431   335   28,626   4,251
        Political science and government   4,032   76   0   60   0   3,757   139
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   10   0   0   0   0   10   0
        Social sciences nec   13,050   4,519   0   874   2,432   3,888   1,337
      Sciences nec   21,825   5,077   0   1,253   9,838   2,561   3,096
    Engineering   404,440   226,746   2,060   32,492   70,285   25,685   47,172
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   36,381   24,187   0   4,016   7,311   363   504
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   108,026   71,768   550   8,600   7,318   11,943   7,847
      Chemical engineering   58,369   27,211   0   3,162   13,540   6,493   7,963
      Civil engineering   14,034   4,824   493   1,280   3,724   1,882   1,831
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   42,244   27,327   0   3,593   7,495   1,895   1,934
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   1,521   0   0   162   1,083   276   0
      Mechanical engineering   52,284   21,545   0   3,897   14,570   1,110   11,162
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   29,447   13,601   71   3,289   4,494   339   7,653
      Engineering nec   62,134   36,283   946   4,493   10,750   1,384   8,278
    Non-S&E   49,982   4,716   19   2,313   22,652   14,397   5,885
      Business management and business administration   8,591   1,805   0   1,118   3,717   903   1,048
      Communication and communications technologies   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Education   27,583   737   0   919   18,478   6,154   1,295
      Humanities   1,233   242   0   18   0   973   0
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   165   0   19   57   0   89   0
      Visual and performing arts   150   14   0   0   0   136   0
      Non-S&E nec   12,260   1,918   0   201   457   6,142   3,542

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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