Data

Northwestern 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   1,257,859   735,735   5,838   361,296   70,595   68,565   15,830
    Science   1,093,327   660,197   5,838   292,039   64,892   57,449   12,912
      Computer and information sciences   14,917   7,613   0   3,963   151   330   2,860
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   2,433   1,535   0   740   0   127   31
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   2,433   1,535   0   740   0   127   31
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   902,321   560,478   2,556   222,575   59,863   49,090   7,759
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   221,411   146,335   0   51,719   2,985   19,097   1,275
        Health sciences   670,382   411,842   2,556   165,156   56,346   29,853   4,629
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   10,528   2,301   0   5,700   532   140   1,855
      Mathematics and statistics   3,104   1,678   0   1,150   0   276   0
      Physical sciences   110,150   57,078   0   43,073   4,418   4,804   777
        Astronomy and astrophysics   8,304   2,530   0   4,881   0   888   5
        Chemistry   58,024   28,350   0   22,853   4,148   2,638   35
        Materials science   19,099   15,174   0   3,373   75   477   0
        Physics   21,229   10,487   0   9,204   0   801   737
        Physical sciences nec   3,494   537   0   2,762   195   0   0
      Psychology   4,493   2,514   0   1,932   0   18   29
      Social sciences   24,276   11,191   0   9,434   0   2,531   1,120
        Anthropology   2,139   660   0   921   0   440   118
        Economics   8,749   4,777   0   3,301   0   0   671
        Political science and government   835   200   0   558   0   42   35
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   395   0   0   388   0   7   0
        Social sciences nec   12,158   5,554   0   4,266   0   2,042   296
      Sciences nec   31,633   18,110   3,282   9,172   460   273   336
    Engineering   120,781   71,574   0   38,514   5,421   4,422   850
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   22,788   15,247   0   6,532   99   910   0
      Chemical engineering   19,986   12,772   0   4,631   1,596   760   227
      Civil engineering   9,461   6,710   0   1,998   436   210   107
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   10,280   7,249   0   2,336   628   0   67
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   3,200   1,857   0   907   436   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   13,930   9,685   0   3,346   823   2   74
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   23,207   14,350   0   6,296   901   1,358   302
      Engineering nec   17,929   3,704   0   12,468   502   1,182   73
    Non-S&E   43,751   3,964   0   30,743   282   6,694   2,068
      Business management and business administration   16,102   545   0   14,352   107   107   991
      Communication and communications technologies   4,174   536   0   2,179   0   1,041   418
      Education   14,675   2,539   0   6,696   0   4,886   554
      Humanities   4,344   257   0   3,986   0   39   62
      Law   2,507   17   0   2,092   175   223   0
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   1,876   0   0   1,435   0   398   43
      Non-S&E nec   73   70   0   3   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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