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Total R&D expenditures, by source of funds and R&D field: 2017
(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 751,809        446,609        3,601        206,673        44,965        42,840        7,121       
    Science 639,540        390,643        3,601        161,029        40,596        37,579        6,092       
      Computer and information sciences 2,530        1,055        0        758        717        0        0       
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 1,821        1,020        0        759        8        34        0       
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Geological and earth sciences 1,821        1,020        0        759        8        34        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 515,893        317,695        3,601        120,881        38,620        30,374        4,722       
        Agricultural sciences 0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Biological and biomedical sciences 130,422        87,277        29        27,995        4,996        9,581        544       
        Health sciences 370,779        223,384        3,572        86,902        33,427        19,359        4,135       
        Natural resources and conservation 1,823        746        0        845        189        0        43       
        Life sciences, nec 12,869        6,288        0        5,139        8        1,434        0       
      Mathematics and statistics 2,461        1,657        0        618        0        186        0       
      Physical sciences 71,743        46,458        0        19,763        608        4,669        245       
        Astronomy and astrophysics 3,438        2,147        0        1,027        0        264        0       
        Chemistry 38,954        24,200        0        10,180        456        3,878        240       
        Materials science 15,094        11,086        0        3,526        83        394        5       
        Physics 12,441        7,509        0        4,730        69        133        0       
        Physical sciences, nec 1,816        1,516        0        300        0        0        0       
      Psychology 4,177        2,948        0        1,215        0        14        0       
      Social sciences 16,447        7,225        0        6,648        141        2,125        308       
        Anthropology 842        112        0        705        0        25        0       
        Economics 1,548        496        0        982        0        70        0       
        Political science and government 847        23        0        664        141        7        12       
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 688        112        0        402        0        0        174       
        Social sciences, nec 12,522        6,482        0        3,895        0        2,023        122       
      Sciences, nec 24,468        12,585        0        10,387        502        177        817       
    Engineering 84,520        48,089        0        30,608        4,122        1,204        497       
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 14,133        9,605        0        3,959        0        546        23       
      Chemical engineering 9,541        4,831        0        3,868        604        76        162       
      Civil engineering 5,034        2,752        0        1,765        123        394        0       
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 11,654        9,122        0        2,063        306        11        152       
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 3,347        1,836        0        1,002        509        0        0       
      Mechanical engineering 9,458        6,510        0        2,051        883        14        0       
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 21,207        11,619        0        8,290        993        145        160       
      Engineering, nec 10,146        1,814        0        7,610        704        18        0       
    Non-S&E 27,749        7,877        0        15,036        247        4,057        532       
      Business management and business administration 5,791        577        0        4,900        1        313        0       
      Communication and communications technologies 5,574        1,639        0        2,730        37        1,045        123       
      Education 10,078        4,842        0        2,941        7        1,933        355       
      Humanities 3,673        285        0        2,766        202        372        48       
      Law 1,317        410        0        718        0        189        0       
      Social work 0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Visual and performing arts 1,098        5        0        885        0        202        6       
      Non-S&E, nec 218        119        0        96        0        3        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 Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey

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