Data

U. Washington, Seattle

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   1,691,302   1,135,734   49,220   122,931   77,432   228,765   77,220
    Science   1,440,042   960,160   24,538   101,502   69,541   216,419   67,882
      Computer and information sciences   35,541   22,582   1,466   1,330   2,116   4,210   3,837
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   163,878   141,390   2,866   5,360   163   10,277   3,822
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   54,175   50,384   46   499   10   1,006   2,230
        Geological and earth sciences   17,671   10,788   1,662   197   0   3,978   1,046
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   91,677   79,965   1,135   4,654   153   5,255   515
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   355   253   23   10   0   38   31
      Life sciences   1,114,297   697,305   17,918   86,445   65,910   189,975   56,744
        Agricultural sciences   63   26   37   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   381,471   205,482   11,155   33,720   9,132   92,912   29,070
        Health sciences   707,603   473,104   4,803   51,906   56,725   95,743   25,322
        Natural resources and conservation   23,449   18,148   1,923   819   53   1,318   1,188
        Life sciences nec   1,711   545   0   0   0   2   1,164
      Mathematics and statistics   12,015   9,998   325   974   32   657   29
      Physical sciences   76,002   65,355   1,092   3,612   736   3,738   1,469
        Astronomy and astrophysics   10,569   8,232   119   647   21   1,259   291
        Chemistry   30,216   25,043   145   1,964   367   1,892   805
        Materials science   2,166   1,120   84   215   262   183   302
        Physics   33,051   30,960   744   786   86   404   71
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   13,489   9,745   448   1,992   11   516   777
      Social sciences   24,820   13,785   423   1,789   573   7,046   1,204
        Anthropology   1,149   154   28   89   0   5   873
        Economics   182   0   0   17   0   155   10
        Political science and government   7,013   2,254   45   165   51   4,406   92
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   11,206   8,554   1   1,318   522   731   80
        Social sciences nec   5,270   2,823   349   200   0   1,749   149
      Sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   188,972   144,745   12,387   9,277   7,199   7,613   7,751
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   9,132   5,681   1,678   471   1,053   0   249
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   33,129   28,472   130   802   834   1,514   1,377
      Chemical engineering   10,965   8,365   774   1,083   102   384   257
      Civil engineering   18,283   11,657   2,111   2,145   101   1,629   640
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   47,715   34,843   1,545   2,257   2,773   2,222   4,075
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   1,874   1,477   22   101   100   158   16
      Mechanical engineering   16,582   14,438   64   408   1,107   475   90
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   6,497   3,360   251   646   786   548   906
      Engineering nec   44,795   36,452   5,812   1,364   343   683   141
    Non-S&E   62,288   30,829   12,295   12,152   692   4,733   1,587
      Business management and business administration   347   0   0   1   134   212   0
      Communication and communications technologies   1,883   1,121   123   228   44   237   130
      Education   36,680   16,422   10,958   5,454   514   2,441   891
      Humanities   2,859   1,654   242   422   0   124   417
      Law   662   315   0   138   0   188   21
      Social work   14,785   8,230   939   4,148   0   1,382   86
      Visual and performing arts   386   268   0   57   0   60   1
      Non-S&E nec   4,686   2,819   33   1,704   0   89   41

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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