Data

Brown U.
Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 276,331 | 266,127 | 256,954 | 244,838 | 212,290 | 347,016 | 342,040 | 341,531 | 361,010 | 365,120 | ||||||||||
Science | 240,551 | 232,906 | 222,435 | 205,540 | 176,455 | 203,638 | 249,820 | i | 247,222 | i | 195,130 | 205,978 | ||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 14,984 | 15,695 | 14,727 | 12,539 | 10,670 | 11,838 | 15,387 | i | 11,845 | i | 11,641 | 11,327 | ||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 7,954 | 5,954 | 4,310 | 4,306 | 3,540 | 6,731 | 6,524 | i | 8,801 | i | 14,513 | 11,977 | ||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 98 | 265 | 151 | 237 | 227 | 486 | i | 412 | i | 0 | 244 | ||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 2,151 | 1,901 | 1,881 | 2,226 | 1,881 | 3,772 | 3,405 | i | 5,560 | i | 12,159 | 8,546 | ||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 189 | 193 | 110 | 105 | 110 | 144 | 350 | i | 1,241 | i | 0 | 1,034 | ||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 5,614 | 3,762 | 2,054 | 1,824 | 1,312 | 2,588 | 2,283 | i | 1,588 | i | 2,354 | 2,153 | ||||||||
Life sciences | 139,126 | 134,751 | 130,419 | 122,607 | 104,671 | 105,618 | 135,232 | i | 140,662 | i | 114,981 | 114,006 | ||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 343 | ||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 57,160 | 57,280 | 51,017 | 44,244 | 35,578 | 30,653 | 45,293 | i | 43,137 | i | 40,708 | 34,678 | ||||||||
Health sciences | 46,024 | 41,744 | 45,463 | 49,630 | 41,288 | 49,259 | 54,876 | i | 62,588 | i | 48,860 | 54,703 | ||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 35,942 | 35,727 | 33,939 | 28,733 | 27,805 | 25,706 | 35,063 | i | 34,937 | i | 25,413 | 24,282 | ||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 10,903 | 12,204 | 13,225 | 12,107 | 14,427 | 18,807 | 23,986 | i | 22,174 | i | 16,462 | 14,599 | ||||||||
Physical sciences | 17,072 | 17,745 | 19,259 | 20,720 | 18,050 | 25,132 | 25,425 | i | 29,434 | i | 18,202 | 24,904 | ||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 163 | ||||||||
Chemistry | 5,495 | 5,201 | 5,250 | 5,160 | 3,498 | 6,892 | 6,957 | i | 9,229 | i | 8,090 | 8,622 | ||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 8,542 | 7,968 | 7,636 | 9,766 | 8,325 | 11,993 | 11,319 | i | 12,027 | i | 10,112 | 9,714 | ||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 3,035 | 4,576 | 6,373 | 5,794 | 6,227 | 6,247 | 7,149 | i | 8,178 | i | 0 | 6,405 | ||||||||
Psychology | 8,598 | 7,889 | 6,801 | 4,782 | 5,688 | 6,202 | 8,826 | i | 9,127 | i | 3,487 | 4,358 | ||||||||
Social sciences | 32,799 | 30,782 | 24,887 | 18,539 | 12,079 | 23,186 | 25,252 | i | 17,243 | i | 15,463 | 17,215 | ||||||||
Anthropology | 46 | 310 | 165 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 668 | 1,153 | 2,118 | 4,656 | 4,396 | 7,555 | 7,478 | i | 5,453 | i | 3,774 | 4,899 | ||||||||
Political science and government | 2,327 | 2,754 | 1,287 | 1,480 | 1,440 | 2,454 | 2,649 | i | 2,612 | i | 2,019 | 2,253 | ||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 775 | 1,109 | 1,393 | 791 | 862 | 3,631 | 3,840 | i | 2,764 | i | 6,221 | 3,131 | ||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 28,983 | 25,456 | 19,924 | 11,612 | 5,381 | 9,546 | 11,285 | i | 6,414 | i | 3,449 | 6,932 | ||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 9,115 | 7,886 | 8,807 | 9,940 | 7,330 | 6,124 | 9,188 | i | 7,936 | i | 381 | 7,592 | ||||||||
Engineering | 23,587 | 23,965 | 23,448 | 28,149 | 24,798 | 31,735 | 36,512 | i | 44,695 | i | 27,815 | 28,928 | ||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 316 | 1,125 | i | 574 | i | 0 | 19 | ||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 9,028 | 7,678 | 6,694 | 11,133 | 5,911 | 6,087 | 9,080 | i | 9,545 | i | 470 | 7,616 | ||||||||
Chemical engineering | 2,110 | 2,832 | 2,878 | 1,924 | 1,617 | 728 | 844 | i | 923 | i | 818 | 892 | ||||||||
Civil engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 3,266 | 2,941 | 2,452 | 3,494 | 4,250 | 9,125 | 7,265 | i | 6,457 | i | 17,444 | 10,434 | ||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 2,839 | 2,885 | 2,944 | 2,547 | 4,220 | 6,518 | 7,663 | i | 12,044 | i | 5,450 | 4,564 | ||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 3,789 | 3,256 | 4,458 | 4,518 | 3,371 | 3,462 | 6,206 | i | 3,814 | i | 2,998 | 3,189 | ||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 2,537 | 4,373 | 4,022 | 4,533 | 5,429 | 5,499 | 4,329 | i | 11,338 | i | 635 | 2,214 | ||||||||
Non-S&E | 12,193 | 9,256 | 11,071 | 11,149 | 11,037 | 111,643 | 55,708 | i | 49,614 | i | 138,065 | 130,214 | ||||||||
Business management and business administration | 16 | 65 | 79 | 71 | 444 | 3,272 | 3,587 | i | 199 | i | 5,405 | 2,021 | ||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 16,102 | 2,777 | i | 0 | i | 1,441 | 857 | ||||||||
Education | 5,091 | 3,906 | 4,110 | 4,012 | 4,239 | 40,777 | 21,626 | i | 20,736 | i | 13,797 | 12,776 | ||||||||
Humanities | 2,722 | 2,735 | 3,832 | 4,256 | 3,551 | 18,572 | 20,429 | i | 19,922 | i | 17,236 | 15,515 | ||||||||
Law | 10 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 166 | 212 | 274 | 346 | 190 | 3,131 | 3,734 | i | 3,530 | i | 4,117 | 3,345 | ||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 4,188 | 2,322 | 2,775 | 2,464 | 2,567 | 29,789 | 3,555 | i | 5,227 | i | 96,069 | 95,700 |
i=imputed
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