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Auburn U., Auburn

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Total R&D expenditures, by field: 2021–12
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
  All R&D fields 266,374        255,281        231,619        212,925        190,340        152,381        135,899        142,487        147,229        133,013       
    Science 150,674        150,910        140,109        128,417        110,695        103,839        92,721        93,847        91,873        84,852       
      Computer and information sciences 5,127        5,006        4,368        2,653        1,799        1,331        0        0        240        10       
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 4,008        3,460        2,690        2,171        3,820        2,633        3,461        2,988        2,386        2,092       
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0        62        61        78        59        112        117        151        44        84       
        Geological and earth sciences 2,241        2,513        1,823        1,068        1,690        757        858        543        1,095        970       
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0        0        0        2        190        186        352        240        70        104       
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified 1,767        885        806        1,023        1,881        1,578        2,134        2,054        1,177        934       
      Life sciences 111,491        110,768        104,935        101,567        85,135        85,307        75,745        77,333        75,569        68,894       
        Agricultural sciences 70,134        72,560        54,306        55,526        47,872        58,753        56,845        56,182        55,449        52,598       
        Biological and biomedical sciences 14,099        15,224        13,317        11,229        10,317        12,248        6,975        6,732        7,508        5,109       
        Health sciences 15,343        10,995        28,160        26,623        20,321        6,358        9,377        12,257        9,995        8,766       
        Natural resources and conservation 986        1,143        1,280        3,101        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Life sciences, not elsewhere classified 10,929        10,846        7,872        5,088        6,625        7,948        2,548        2,162        2,617        2,421       
      Mathematics and statistics 3,471        3,736        3,706        662        3,094        381        308        645        329        532       
      Physical sciences 15,214        15,247        13,220        11,626        9,622        6,415        4,678        5,770        5,847        5,363       
        Astronomy and astrophysics 22        0        0        0        0        0        0        6        29        37       
        Chemistry 5,463        7,222        6,440        4,298        4,441        1,645        1,558        2,547        1,682        1,556       
        Materials science 425        60        15        0        74        0        0        0        0        0       
        Physics 9,147        7,842        6,710        7,303        5,107        4,767        3,120        3,217        4,135        3,761       
        Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified 157        123        55        25        0        3        0        0        1        9       
      Psychology 3,137        2,824        2,457        1,871        1,572        452        390        447        508        600       
      Social sciences 6,228        6,902        5,387        5,940        4,619        4,217        2,838        3,970        3,482        3,278       
        Anthropology 0        1        6        5        0        2        0        0        0        0       
        Economics 160        1,463        40        1,664        164        1,373        181        93        44        109       
        Political science and government 1,640        1,543        1,661        1,115        736        521        0        2        5        0       
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 721        545        359        290        46        0        13        4        4        6       
        Social sciences, not elsewhere classified 3,707        3,350        3,321        2,866        3,673        2,321        2,644        3,871        3,429        3,163       
      Sciences, not elsewhere classified 1,998        2,967        3,346        1,927        1,034        3,103        5,301        2,694        3,512        4,083       
    Engineering 78,720        70,593        59,742        56,233        56,657        45,572        40,249        46,263        51,672        45,370       
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 4,196        3,723        3,250        1,574        1,677        727        373        503        636        1,171       
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 1,019        1,206        1,110        4,186        773        919        1,322        5,010        1,179        7,314       
      Chemical engineering 9,320        7,466        6,733        5,858        6,198        4,749        4,749        5,741        6,735        5,246       
      Civil engineering 11,869        9,482        8,655        9,515        6,998        3,142        3,973        7,696        6,981        5,981       
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 10,771        9,695        9,157        6,809        5,601        4,262        5,386        5,742        9,307        7,624       
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 6,100        4,338        4,593        3,103        2,196        798        0        0        0        0       
      Mechanical engineering 21,501        19,199        12,747        10,884        10,021        6,450        4,239        5,471        6,343        4,774       
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 564        522        656        2,156        456        1,207        1,175        809        1,608        1,445       
      Engineering not elsewhere classified 13,380        14,962        12,841        12,148        22,737        23,318        19,032        15,291        18,883        11,815       
    Non-S&E 36,980        33,778        31,768        28,275        22,988        2,970        2,929        2,377        3,684        2,791       
      Business management and business administration 15,167        14,782        15,146        11,569        8,293        1,614        1,830        1,419        2,492        1,483       
      Communication and communications technologies 992        1,018        1,024        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Education 3,968        4,190        3,649        2,441        3,173        1,299        1,065        925        1,147        1,305       
      Humanities 6,812        7,030        7,303        4,728        5,694        57        34        28        45        3       
      Law 0        1        0        0        0        0        0        5        0        0       
      Social work 423        205        39        29        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Visual and performing arts 1        0        62        1,354        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified 9,617        6,552        4,545        8,154        5,828        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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