Data

Air Force Institute of Technology

Total R&D expenditures, by field: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
  All R&D fields   56,848   44,391   45,703   35,584   34,016   33,360   35,733   29,998   26,866   23,902
    Science   19,616   16,597   18,923   11,637   13,491   10,452   9,607   10,029   13,535   11,026
      Computer and information sciences   9,028   3,474   1,921   2,441   2,733   1,697   2,036   2,971   3,182   2,111
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   1,271   1,025   175   742   967   1,792   2,365   1,616   112   250
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   1,271   1,025   175   742   967   1,792   2,365   1,616   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   112   250
      Life sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Health sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   375   164   828   658   1,313   1,092   538   635   4,477   3,088
      Physical sciences   8,942   11,934   15,999   7,796   8,478   5,871   4,668   4,807   5,764   5,577
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   8,942   11,934   15,999   7,796   8,478   5,871   4,668   4,807   5,764   5,577
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Political science and government   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Social sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   37,232   27,794   26,780   23,947   20,525   22,908   26,096   19,693   12,788   12,309
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   6,773   4,892   8,194   6,577   5,181   4,740   5,450   4,137   4,443   4,405
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   8   0
      Chemical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil engineering   2,003   1,036   282   327   206   254   335   97   160   0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   7,186   5,905   5,944   5,372   5,946   6,959   6,109   6,592   5,641   5,785
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   17,943   14,097   12,119   9,957   8,198   9,863   13,100   7,579   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   2,748   1,864   241   1,714   994   1,092   1,102   1,288   851   852
      Engineering nec   579   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1,685   1,267
    Non-S&E   0   0   0   0   0   0   30   276   543   567
      Business management and business administration   0   0   0   0   0   0   30   276   543   567
      Communication and communications technologies   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Education   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Humanities   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Non-S&E nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   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 Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey

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