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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 1,254,008        1,239,983        1,239,736        1,173,371        1,123,160        1,077,253        1,013,753        933,975        1,012,766        799,432       
    Science 1,052,143        1,018,460    i 1,033,507    i 969,826    i 927,359    i 941,819        881,460        819,088        852,607        706,020       
      Computer and information sciences 20,858        15,250        15,229        15,431        13,534        11,229        5,603        1,787        1,224        895       
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 38,756        43,505        43,664        42,697        37,409        37,326        31,544        34,293        31,801        25,357       
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 6,193        5,791        4,506        2,368        772        302        263        434        110        256       
        Geological and earth sciences 8,834        10,816        10,105        11,815        10,390        9,438        9,805        10,139        9,381        6,466       
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 820        25        21        18        13        33        36        15        0        0       
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified 22,909        26,873        29,032        28,496        26,234        27,553        21,440        23,705        22,310        18,635       
      Life sciences 714,069        684,127    i 704,460    i 656,790    i 633,462    i 599,596        533,231        527,625        537,855        480,482       
        Agricultural sciences 26        47        0        0        0        0        18        0        0        3       
        Biological and biomedical sciences 539,289        534,656        536,371        486,362        479,595        421,924        374,276        361,784        337,123        311,791       
        Health sciences 133,571        122,619        137,745        136,254        121,625        145,780        139,473        151,194        187,869        162,165       
        Natural resources and conservation 8,023        2,981    i 3,435    i 4,370    i 3,066    i 0        0        0        0        0       
        Life sciences, not elsewhere classified 33,160        23,824    i 26,909    i 29,804    i 29,176    i 31,892        19,464        14,647        12,863        6,523       
      Mathematics and statistics 19,503        20,038        22,127        22,908        20,679        11,866        10,558        10,784        10,988        9,573       
      Physical sciences 109,606        100,654        94,515        84,054        84,679        82,643        72,929        67,753        77,203        66,036       
        Astronomy and astrophysics 11,658        16,435        14,467        15,000        14,273        12,401        11,337        9,786        10,476        10,930       
        Chemistry 37,078        33,675        34,683        29,444        31,204        30,835        32,068        31,025        35,641        28,990       
        Materials science 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Physics 59,910        49,146        43,696        36,953        36,614        36,276        28,073        25,304        29,481        25,181       
        Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified 960        1,398        1,669        2,657        2,588        3,131        1,451        1,638        1,605        935       
      Psychology 4,200        5,099        6,829        8,362        8,711        7,588        6,772        7,084        6,842        4,247       
      Social sciences 136,543        142,484        141,321        134,493        124,966        100,223        97,165        64,713        83,825        47,182       
        Anthropology 1,692        2,117        1,524        2,033        1,742        1,695        0        0        0        0       
        Economics 30,422        33,563        29,355        23,248        16,177        13,063        8,400        8,675        7,688        2,586       
        Political science and government 37,058        41,849        46,607        44,867        44,683        41,064        51,126        19,279        31,574        16,917       
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 5,495        2,059        2,297        2,490        3,520        3,093        1,366        1,908        3,010        1,630       
        Social sciences, not elsewhere classified 61,876        62,896        61,538        61,855        58,844        41,308        36,273        34,851        41,553        26,049       
      Sciences, not elsewhere classified 8,608        7,303        5,362        5,091        3,919        91,348        123,658        105,049        102,869        72,248       
    Engineering 92,782        97,884        95,651        96,786        105,231        70,131        73,786    i 56,876        57,962    i 47,953       
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0        0        0        0        0        0        2,192    i 0        0    i 0       
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 60,912        60,486        65,491        57,016        60,437        30,546        28,896        8,747        6,975    i 4,200       
      Chemical engineering 1,398        382        335        472        488        620        2,381        3,941        4,331    i 4,654       
      Civil engineering 3,339        3,646        4,660        6,195        10,159        6,527        7,201        8,146        6,691    i 3,615       
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 5,783        11,132        11,751        10,619        11,892        9,830        7,620        6,922        6,536    i 7,000       
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Mechanical engineering 614        815        567        2,914        2,584        3,214        3,300        4,715        6,260    i 4,047       
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 19,474        19,888        11,652        14,225        13,521        12,102        14,683        19,893        19,012    i 8,539       
      Engineering not elsewhere classified 1,262        1,535        1,195        5,345        6,150        7,292        7,513    i 4,512        8,157    i 15,898       
    Non-S&E 109,083        123,639        110,578        106,759        90,570        65,303        58,507        58,011        102,197        45,459       
      Business management and business administration 32,862        36,568        17,433        16,350        14,202        13,467        8,385        6,319        11,524        42       
      Communication and communications technologies 2,769        3,004        1,491        2,707        242        211        789        3,978        5,585        4,166       
      Education 43,542        50,226        60,198        60,295        52,090        36,278        34,773        35,432        39,399        34,993       
      Humanities 9,961        10,009        8,916        8,025        7,071        5,103        4,872        5,591        7,019        3,136       
      Law 18,388        21,871        20,707        17,291        15,109        8,950        8,414        5,916        36,407        2,877       
      Social work 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Visual and performing arts 1,561        1,961        1,833        1,773        1,651        1,294        1,274        775        2,263        245       
      Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified 0        0        0        318        205        0        0        0        0        0       

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

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