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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 81,443        78,517        70,397        60,372        59,477        60,931        58,349        59,695        59,091        58,836       
    Science 25,402        28,069        23,115        22,784        25,351        24,736        17,916        17,894        19,063        18,145       
      Computer and information sciences 3,894        3,748        2,782        1,429        900        0        0        0        0        0       
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 5,713        8,916        8,238        8,380        10,340        10,458        10,586        11,081        10,617        10,491       
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0        0        123        95        186        0        0        0        0        0       
        Geological and earth sciences 5,052        7,679        7,654        8,003        9,693        10,458        10,586        11,081        10,617        10,491       
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified 661        1,237        461        282        461        0        0        0        0        0       
      Life sciences 3,081        2,073        2,324        2,282        3,033        0        0        0        0        0       
        Agricultural sciences 310        382        288        29        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Biological and biomedical sciences 2,458        1,549        1,948        2,185        2,966        0        0        0        0        0       
        Health sciences 257        132        88        68        67        0        0        0        0        0       
        Natural resources and conservation 56        10        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Life sciences, not elsewhere classified 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Mathematics and statistics 682        583        404        302        569        355        421        299        404        347       
      Physical sciences 10,812        11,346        8,796        8,980        9,396        12,741        6,643        6,248        7,637        6,804       
        Astronomy and astrophysics 47        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Chemistry 3,333        2,691        2,839        3,576        3,794        3,949        2,631        2,812        3,459        2,753       
        Materials science 1,699        697        206        751        1,901        5,209        0        0        0        0       
        Physics 5,336        5,398        4,841        3,128        3,180        3,583        4,012        3,436        4,178        4,051       
        Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified 397        2,560        910        1,525        521        0        0        0        0        0       
      Psychology 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Social sciences 1,220        1,403        571        1,411        1,113        1,182        266        266        405        503       
        Anthropology 244        220        220        165        154        0        0        0        0        0       
        Economics 976        1,173        336        1,245        956        1,182        265        260        404        502       
        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, not elsewhere classified 0        10        15        1        3        0        1        6        1        1       
      Sciences, not elsewhere classified 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
    Engineering 54,062        46,694        44,195        35,504        32,824        34,840        39,509        40,604        38,715        37,780       
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 956        369        161        171        68        0        0        2        27        76       
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 1,213        1,627        1,375        414        170        7        61        239        564        731       
      Chemical engineering 4,467        5,512        5,114        4,463        5,104        5,304        10,006        10,694        8,692        8,232       
      Civil engineering 11,742        7,318        5,041        5,277        4,591        4,764        4,156        4,805        4,786        3,237       
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 262        476        664        1,069        949        675        583        616        453        316       
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 1,688        0        0        0        0        94        0        0        0        0       
      Mechanical engineering 3,389        7,364        6,130        3,834        2,700        4,937        3,115        3,072        2,288        1,472       
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 12,605        15,810        17,834        14,181        11,127        9,716        14,491        15,005        14,168        15,057       
      Engineering not elsewhere classified 17,740        8,218        7,876        6,095        8,115        9,343        7,097        6,171        7,737        8,659       
    Non-S&E 1,979        3,754        3,087        2,084        1,302        1,355        924        1,197        1,313        2,911       
      Business management and business administration 66        36        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Communication and communications technologies 0        0        0        0        0        0        3        3        0        0       
      Education 47        59        8        161        658        1,221        871        1,137        1,188        2,790       
      Humanities 15        8        7        4        65        128        50        57        124        118       
      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, not elsewhere classified 1,851        3,651        3,072        1,919        579        6        0        0        1        3       

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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