Data

Rice 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   255,115   119,853   9,801   78,447   7,506   33,684   5,824
    Science   119,818   56,716   4,665   38,481   3,347   12,479   4,130
      Computer and information sciences   12,530   7,788   391   3,345   649   52   305
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   6,249   4,759   0   1,235   146   109   0
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   6,249   4,759   0   1,235   146   109   0
        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   19,778   10,966   1,450   6,188   275   835   64
        Agricultural sciences   13   12   0   1   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   19,765   10,954   1,450   6,187   275   835   64
        Health sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   7,338   4,143   304   2,460   191   230   10
      Physical sciences   43,704   21,939   2,385   14,172   1,909   3,189   110
        Astronomy and astrophysics   1,129   1,003   0   126   0   0   0
        Chemistry   20,909   8,899   2,385   7,396   560   1,616   53
        Materials science   1,894   93   0   369   1,348   84   0
        Physics   19,681   11,944   0   6,235   1   1,444   57
        Physical sciences nec   91   0   0   46   0   45   0
      Psychology   5,420   4,103   0   1,277   0   40   0
      Social sciences   24,172   2,517   135   9,678   177   8,024   3,641
        Anthropology   736   413   0   271   0   52   0
        Economics   773   324   0   320   0   129   0
        Political science and government   10,382   100   0   4,724   177   2,008   3,373
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   11,279   1,548   135   3,567   0   5,831   198
        Social sciences nec   1,002   132   0   796   0   4   70
      Sciences nec   627   501   0   126   0   0   0
    Engineering   129,719   61,759   5,136   36,655   4,159   20,351   1,659
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   10   10   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   53,640   20,319   3,745   12,452   499   15,531   1,094
      Chemical engineering   12,796   7,031   55   3,978   801   919   12
      Civil engineering   13,484   6,660   397   3,836   1,099   1,436   56
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   31,905   19,838   0   9,604   633   1,483   347
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   1   0   0   0   1   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   6,666   3,168   660   2,167   171   500   0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   8,076   4,124   0   2,569   751   482   150
      Engineering nec   3,141   609   279   2,049   204   0   0
    Non-S&E   5,578   1,378   0   3,311   0   854   35
      Business management and business administration   716   42   0   643   0   0   31
      Communication and communications technologies   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Education   2,578   1,151   0   1,058   0   369   0
      Humanities   1,669   105   0   1,174   0   386   4
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   227   47   0   180   0   0   0
      Non-S&E nec   388   33   0   256   0   99   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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