Data

Rice 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   277,683   127,615   7,155   91,084   8,707   37,195   5,927
    Science   127,444   61,835   4,651   42,033   3,025   11,414   4,486
      Computer and information sciences   12,861   7,808   366   3,472   369   272   574
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   7,304   5,319   20   1,412   456   97   0
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   43   0   20   23   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   7,056   5,319   0   1,385   255   97   0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   205   0   0   4   201   0   0
      Life sciences   22,098   12,493   1,851   6,309   68   1,306   71
        Agricultural sciences   45   41   0   4   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   21,982   12,420   1,851   6,266   68   1,306   71
        Health sciences   19   0   0   19   0   0   0
        Natural resources and conservation   14   9   0   5   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   38   23   0   15   0   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   7,776   4,536   321   2,484   250   157   28
      Physical sciences   42,238   21,878   1,630   13,244   1,831   3,434   221
        Astronomy and astrophysics   2,284   1,802   0   477   0   5   0
        Chemistry   19,897   9,534   1,630   6,465   481   1,745   42
        Materials science   2,297   23   0   855   1,350   69   0
        Physics   17,383   10,519   0   5,293   0   1,392   179
        Physical sciences nec   377   0   0   154   0   223   0
      Psychology   7,336   5,434   0   1,883   0   19   0
      Social sciences   24,903   1,788   463   12,880   51   6,129   3,592
        Anthropology   770   427   0   328   0   15   0
        Economics   781   53   0   471   0   257   0
        Political science and government   15,659   323   178   8,326   51   3,363   3,418
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   6,418   882   197   2,860   0   2,388   91
        Social sciences nec   1,275   103   88   895   0   106   83
      Sciences nec   2,928   2,579   0   349   0   0   0
    Engineering   137,077   63,505   2,504   42,601   5,682   21,436   1,349
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   57,121   21,277   1,600   15,694   997   16,710   843
      Chemical engineering   11,476   4,412   54   4,015   1,628   1,147   220
      Civil engineering   10,208   4,990   53   3,156   1,092   881   36
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   33,769   23,544   0   8,211   474   1,425   115
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   52   33   0   5   14   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   5,796   3,175   381   1,829   263   148   0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   9,874   4,391   0   3,588   1,073   790   32
      Engineering nec   8,781   1,683   416   6,103   141   335   103
    Non-S&E   13,162   2,275   0   6,450   0   4,345   92
      Business management and business administration   2,550   241   0   2,297   0   0   12
      Communication and communications technologies   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Education   7,666   1,851   0   2,155   0   3,660   0
      Humanities   2,158   126   0   1,450   0   566   16
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   123   13   0   110   0   0   0
      Non-S&E nec   665   44   0   438   0   119   64

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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