Data

U. Alabama, Tuscaloosa

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   221,235   112,199   17,606   85,564   1,830   3,077   959
    Science   111,268   64,689   9,082   34,527   807   1,761   402
      Computer and information sciences   17,105   6,297   6,632   3,950   139   65   22
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   35,455   28,576   1,236   5,579   31   20   13
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   524   521   0   3   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   31,808   27,160   14   4,570   31   20   13
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   1,684   311   1,222   151   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   1,439   584   0   855   0   0   0
      Life sciences   22,097   13,777   0   7,598   227   482   13
        Agricultural sciences   5   3   0   2   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   7,066   5,423   0   1,500   97   46   0
        Health sciences   14,099   8,158   0   5,362   130   436   13
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   927   193   0   734   0   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   2,599   391   733   1,392   0   83   0
      Physical sciences   14,912   7,714   0   7,144   11   43   0
        Astronomy and astrophysics   103   103   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   8,727   4,381   0   4,303   0   43   0
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   6,082   3,230   0   2,841   11   0   0
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   7,374   4,642   188   2,187   0   10   347
      Social sciences   10,449   3,292   293   5,400   399   1,058   7
        Anthropology   910   258   0   644   0   8   0
        Economics   1,079   0   0   1,012   0   65   2
        Political science and government   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   1,216   471   98   647   0   0   0
        Social sciences nec   7,244   2,563   195   3,097   399   985   5
      Sciences nec   1,277   0   0   1,277   0   0   0
    Engineering   62,000   35,907   6,811   16,967   1,002   799   514
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   3,204   1,547   0   1,655   0   2   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Chemical engineering   8,646   4,773   135   3,267   172   299   0
      Civil engineering   20,148   10,278   6,517   2,716   107   196   334
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   9,831   5,735   17   3,422   360   276   21
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   9,326   6,469   108   2,613   136   0   0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   9,082   5,599   34   3,037   227   26   159
      Engineering nec   1,763   1,506   0   257   0   0   0
    Non-S&E   47,967   11,603   1,713   34,070   21   517   43
      Business management and business administration   17,700   2,607   1,298   13,731   21   21   22
      Communication and communications technologies   3,477   371   0   3,085   0   20   1
      Education   9,104   4,653   132   4,100   0   219   0
      Humanities   5,167   0   0   5,105   0   62   0
      Law   2,078   0   0   2,010   0   68   0
      Social work   1,565   531   7   1,018   0   9   0
      Visual and performing arts   2,357   0   0   2,357   0   0   0
      Non-S&E nec   6,519   3,441   276   2,664   0   118   20

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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