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Total R&D expenditures, by field: 2020–11
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011
  All R&D fields 386,996        359,720        331,383        328,100        319,168        242,004        251,222        271,277        255,933        242,882       
    Science 270,176        250,860        219,017        214,364        201,687        152,775        160,588        176,741        165,460        147,503       
      Computer and information sciences 192,119        171,110        141,298        136,928        123,569        103,328        110,795        124,962        109,069        95,836       
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 448        994        1,599        1,228        561        348        425        628        1,497        1,932       
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 182        6        0        0        0        0        21        120        56        52       
        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, not elsewhere classified 266        988        1,599        1,228        561        348        404        508        1,441        1,880       
      Life sciences 14,696        15,366        12,376        13,125        11,817        11,212        10,681        10,527        14,734        15,242       
        Agricultural sciences 476        774        878        746        477        499        430        709        1,900        1,813       
        Biological and biomedical sciences 12,566        12,103        9,426        9,979        8,949        8,790        9,040        8,508        10,760        11,804       
        Health sciences 824        1,191        1,082        1,056        760        833        576        590        499        890       
        Natural resources and conservation 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Life sciences, not elsewhere classified 830        1,298        990        1,344        1,631        1,090        635        720        1,575        735       
      Mathematics and statistics 12,000        12,385        9,308        11,321        7,447        5,698        6,269        6,142        4,581        3,132       
      Physical sciences 21,580        19,508        20,096        18,921        14,883        14,162        13,000        12,816        13,608        11,946       
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        86        12       
        Chemistry 9,207        8,868        9,028        8,706        5,268        4,054        3,763        3,601        4,361        3,993       
        Materials science 291        85        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Physics 11,458        9,879        9,912        9,369        7,048        6,743        6,799        7,494        7,207        6,589       
        Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified 624        676        1,156        846        2,567        3,365        2,438        1,721        1,954        1,352       
      Psychology 11,507        10,601        9,386        9,362        9,424        7,757        8,607        10,125        10,812        9,829       
      Social sciences 12,461        14,307        16,639        13,888        13,675        6,791        6,185        6,264        5,672        6,016       
        Anthropology 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Economics 762        659        405        652        723        541        495        761        1,082        1,544       
        Political science and government 210        449        825        1,006        2,027        2,279        1,632        1,773        1,365        1,208       
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 483        828        731        86        5        0        15        103        261        386       
        Social sciences, not elsewhere classified 11,006        12,371        14,678        12,144        10,920        3,971        4,043        3,627        2,964        2,878       
      Sciences, not elsewhere classified 5,365        6,589        8,315        9,591        20,311        3,479        4,626        5,277        5,487        3,570       
    Engineering 102,955        95,496        99,201        98,781        102,696        89,054        89,909        94,157        89,532        93,453       
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 1,549        1,398        3,838        4,429        2,549        2,526        2,025        2,684        1,890        964       
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 10,273        8,568        6,933        6,872        5,947        5,338        7,595        8,378        9,722        9,549       
      Chemical engineering 12,813        11,314        10,638        9,414        8,515        6,254        8,411        8,826        7,856        7,922       
      Civil engineering 6,651        5,844        5,448        4,334        7,958        6,637        6,620        7,658        5,950        5,617       
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 25,294        25,735        26,268        26,345        26,673        21,013        18,009        19,167        20,554        20,932       
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Mechanical engineering 21,286        17,247        15,463        13,272        10,704        8,149        7,622        6,815        5,736        5,507       
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 10,117        8,957        8,784        9,696        9,843        8,222        6,386        6,512        5,803        6,102       
      Engineering not elsewhere classified 14,972        16,433        21,829        24,419        30,507        30,915        33,241        34,117        32,021        36,860       
    Non-S&E 13,865        13,364        13,165        14,955        14,785        175        725        379        941        1,926       
      Business management and business administration 8,364        8,571        8,490        10,218        10,005        0        0        0        0        0       
      Communication and communications technologies 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Education 91        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Humanities 4,430        3,916        3,858        3,895        4,286        0        0        0        0        46       
      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 876        767        794        842        494        0        0        0        0        23       
      Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified 104        110        23        0        0        175        725        379        941        1,857       

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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