Data

U. Colorado Boulder

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   717,920   567,693   6,972   47,178   15,686   19,363   61,028
    Science   496,174   404,249   3,953   23,157   3,612   11,040   50,163
      Computer and information sciences   23,615   21,362   61   784   948   157   303
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   144,721   137,086   1,102   4,371   765   710   687
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   27,417   26,277   212   414   0   0   514
        Geological and earth sciences   21,431   19,455   3   678   721   574   0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   4,267   3,951   0   107   0   117   92
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   91,606   87,403   887   3,172   44   19   81
      Life sciences   67,496   54,376   399   6,783   660   3,589   1,689
        Agricultural sciences   2,141   844   30   701   200   366   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   59,173   49,454   365   5,202   373   3,006   773
        Health sciences   2,367   2,025   0   184   87   27   44
        Natural resources and conservation   3,254   1,538   4   680   0   190   842
        Life sciences nec   561   515   0   16   0   0   30
      Mathematics and statistics   5,477   5,212   0   134   72   59   0
      Physical sciences   216,801   157,431   1,435   6,732   1,167   2,843   47,193
        Astronomy and astrophysics   114,076   68,290   49   0   0   129   45,608
        Chemistry   15,407   13,249   243   886   0   371   658
        Materials science   3,797   3,252   93   307   10   135   0
        Physics   83,521   72,640   1,050   5,539   1,157   2,208   927
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   17,979   15,303   0   1,173   0   1,473   30
      Social sciences   17,722   11,918   612   2,814   0   2,117   261
        Anthropology   982   890   22   30   0   40   0
        Economics   160   153   0   7   0   0   0
        Political science and government   452   0   0   188   0   148   116
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   6,299   2,745   504   1,711   0   1,282   57
        Social sciences nec   9,829   8,130   86   878   0   647   88
      Sciences nec   2,363   1,561   344   366   0   92   0
    Engineering   177,788   143,267   1,252   12,161   7,959   3,628   9,521
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   89,706   72,473   4   7,273   1,812   464   7,680
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   14,821   11,826   141   976   323   1,351   204
      Chemical engineering   12,434   10,242   0   609   1,260   227   96
      Civil engineering   21,306   18,195   523   865   1,355   358   10
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   16,022   13,019   151   836   876   1,059   81
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   15,923   10,816   206   1,371   2,070   128   1,332
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   1,626   1,463   0   69   40   0   54
      Engineering nec   5,950   5,233   227   162   223   41   64
    Non-S&E   43,958   20,177   1,767   11,860   4,115   4,695   1,344
      Business management and business administration   1,337   1,180   0   132   0   9   16
      Communication and communications technologies   3,045   2,943   42   58   0   2   0
      Education   36,652   14,665   1,577   10,908   4,065   4,182   1,255
      Humanities   1,431   177   4   674   1   502   73
      Law   509   231   144   88   46   0   0
      Social work   360   360   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Non-S&E nec   624   621   0   0   3   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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