Data

U. Washington, Seattle

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   1,734,091   1,188,836   33,833   125,390   71,487   260,986   53,559
    Science   1,483,524   1,009,423   13,454   107,136   61,497   244,554   47,460
      Computer and information sciences   30,158   18,717   0   4,309   2,053   2,720   2,359
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   162,612   135,638   3,269   10,231   32   10,797   2,645
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   63,322   58,249   238   2,328   16   582   1,909
        Geological and earth sciences   12,991   11,003   29   1,131   0   576   252
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   75,026   61,819   1,733   5,734   16   5,317   407
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   11,273   4,567   1,269   1,038   0   4,322   77
      Life sciences   1,175,596   763,571   9,515   86,806   58,286   216,909   40,509
        Agricultural sciences   150   0   66   49   0   35   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   358,634   192,842   344   44,679   5,653   95,000   20,116
        Health sciences   772,288   543,005   5,334   35,122   52,315   118,186   18,326
        Natural resources and conservation   26,473   13,908   3,234   5,658   71   1,639   1,963
        Life sciences nec   18,051   13,816   537   1,298   247   2,049   104
      Mathematics and statistics   9,783   8,377   0   231   71   1,104   0
      Physical sciences   69,424   63,604   2   1,916   1,002   2,590   310
        Astronomy and astrophysics   9,265   7,508   0   558   0   1,196   3
        Chemistry   29,048   26,560   0   786   491   983   228
        Materials science   2,113   1,424   2   151   387   70   79
        Physics   24,614   23,796   0   353   124   341   0
        Physical sciences nec   4,384   4,316   0   68   0   0   0
      Psychology   11,239   8,970   0   613   0   847   809
      Social sciences   23,577   10,546   668   2,104   53   9,378   828
        Anthropology   68   65   0   1   0   2   0
        Economics   92   13   0   74   0   5   0
        Political science and government   9,969   2,186   238   768   0   6,611   166
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   7,140   5,349   12   409   48   862   460
        Social sciences nec   6,308   2,933   418   852   5   1,898   202
      Sciences nec   1,135   0   0   926   0   209   0
    Engineering   180,277   139,691   4,815   12,898   9,288   8,229   5,356
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   10,606   6,387   1,094   1,599   1,384   97   45
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   35,227   28,531   0   1,630   1,024   3,481   561
      Chemical engineering   8,833   6,941   96   1,393   125   217   61
      Civil engineering   17,592   11,763   2,571   632   6   1,248   1,372
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   42,715   31,497   214   3,315   3,211   1,607   2,871
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   2,452   1,751   0   197   474   25   5
      Mechanical engineering   20,960   14,997   831   2,527   1,887   560   158
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   7,154   4,269   5   1,271   1,161   211   237
      Engineering nec   34,738   33,555   4   334   16   783   46
    Non-S&E   70,290   39,722   15,564   5,356   702   8,203   743
      Business management and business administration   135   0   0   17   12   106   0
      Communication and communications technologies   13,754   5,248   3,576   2,643   140   1,954   193
      Education   33,686   18,206   9,290   1,017   550   4,522   101
      Humanities   3,400   3,015   0   234   0   70   81
      Law   631   50   0   314   0   248   19
      Social work   16,267   11,578   2,695   706   0   1,087   201
      Visual and performing arts   566   189   0   53   0   176   148
      Non-S&E nec   1,851   1,436   3   372   0   40   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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