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University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh

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Total R&D expenditures, by field: 2017–08
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008
  All R&D fields 939,706        889,793        861,205        856,806        872,736        866,638        899,386        822,491        629,088        599,800       
    Science 886,397        839,126        815,240        799,659        809,689        808,626        847,412        775,086        597,432        573,656       
      Computer and information sciences 9,032        9,268        6,745        6,769        6,800        6,951        7,232        6,408        6,211        5,176       
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 13,116        12,513        13,683        11,831        10,137        9,552        10,803        11,947        1,886        1,640       
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Geological and earth sciences 2,884        2,187        3,959        3,112        2,563        1,847        2,059        2,096        1,886        1,640       
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, nec 10,232        10,326        9,724        8,719        7,574        7,705        8,744        9,851        0        0       
      Life sciences 789,050        747,123        733,926        722,739        729,613        738,999        770,233        699,640        544,425        523,296       
        Agricultural sciences 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Biological and biomedical sciences 255,233        237,446        158,883        160,023        163,216        168,506        171,284        62,853        17,350        17,845       
        Health sciences 533,779        509,666        541,662        523,245        534,201        539,056        568,715        615,792        512,408        491,881       
        Natural resources and conservation 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        .        .       
        Life sciences, nec 38        11        33,381        39,471        32,196        31,437        30,234        20,995        14,667        13,570       
      Mathematics and statistics 3,320        3,241        2,980        3,698        4,484        3,886        4,123        4,114        2,420        1,740       
      Physical sciences 32,546        29,135        27,229        27,198        30,016        24,841        28,579        24,666        19,794        21,382       
        Astronomy and astrophysics 4,175        3,557        2,825        2,865        2,099        2,163        1,940        397        618        784       
        Chemistry 19,075        14,999        13,317        14,565        17,116        15,929        18,082        16,002        12,392        14,528       
        Materials science 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        .        .       
        Physics 9,296        10,579        11,087        9,768        10,801        6,749        8,557        6,406        6,274        5,609       
        Physical sciences, nec 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        1,861        510        461       
      Psychology 21,224        22,458        16,920        14,337        10,908        9,905        9,787        9,183        7,894        7,504       
      Social sciences 5,129        4,174        3,336        4,587        4,044        3,926        4,783        5,936        3,824        4,107       
        Anthropology 165        168        0        0        0        0        0        0        .        .       
        Economics 835        180        231        557        457        342        396        236        506        500       
        Political science and government 1,795        2,065        1,479        1,104        666        527        1,109        905        775        1,022       
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 107        202        538        491        235        292        225        114        715        496       
        Social sciences, nec 2,227        1,559        1,088        2,435        2,686        2,765        3,053        4,681        1,828        2,089       
      Sciences, nec 12,980        11,214        10,421        8,500        13,687        10,566        11,872        13,192        10,978        8,811       
    Engineering 43,801        41,382        37,093        36,179        36,867        31,167        33,013        30,928        25,915        21,971       
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 13,247        11,074        11,025        10,741        11,898        10,220        10,425        8,454        7,519        6,633       
      Chemical engineering 7,626        7,698        7,022        6,577        6,194        6,830        6,507        5,674        5,040        5,412       
      Civil engineering 3,009        3,067        3,092        3,875        2,715        2,170        3,382        3,681        2,876        1,642       
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 6,073        5,496        5,341        4,699        4,194        3,130        2,436        3,414        1,787        1,818       
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 3,377        3,043        0        0        0        0        0        0        .        .       
      Mechanical engineering 6,452        4,444        4,964        4,529        6,276        4,951        5,711        6,088        5,350        3,611       
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0        0        0        0        0        29        21        230        322        644       
      Engineering, nec 4,017        6,560        5,649        5,758        5,590        3,837        4,531        3,387        3,021        2,211       
    Non-S&E 9,508        9,285        8,872        20,968        26,180        26,845        18,961        16,477        5,741        4,173       
      Business management and business administration 1,303        965        914        1,236        1,033        1,076        770        470        630        309       
      Communication and communications technologies 6        13        8        3        21        33        3        2        6        11       
      Education 4,668        4,419        4,221        6,235        11,674        10,405        5,798        5,365        4,445        3,398       
      Humanities 331        467        260        918        921        122        173        190        448        353       
      Law 138        144        33        69        60        216        524        184        212        86       
      Social work 1,382        1,312        1,244        9,651        10,259        9,431        10,816        10,266        0        0       
      Visual and performing arts 9        22        0        0        4        28        0        0        0        16       
      Non-S&E, nec 1,671        1,943        2,192        2,856        2,208        5,534        877        0        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 Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey

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