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Total R&D expenditures, by source of funds and R&D field: 2021
(Dollars in thousands)
Field All R&D expenditures Federal government State and local government Institution funds Business Nonprofit organizations All other sources
  All R&D fields 1,254,008        616,589        5,137        384,197        55,357        172,327        20,401       
    Science 1,052,143        558,392        4,963        277,056        50,789        143,205        17,738       
      Computer and information sciences 20,858        11,767        325        5,562        2,037        1,029        138       
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 38,756        24,827        38        6,852        2,171        4,117        751       
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 6,193        3,362        0        754        162        1,349        566       
        Geological and earth sciences 8,834        3,770        15        3,047        1,803        199        0       
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 820        739        0        81        0        0        0       
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified 22,909        16,956        23        2,970        206        2,569        185       
      Life sciences 714,069        411,239        2,898        168,035        39,861        84,867        7,169       
        Agricultural sciences 26        0        0        7        0        19        0       
        Biological and biomedical sciences 539,289        308,919        1,539        130,312        33,302        58,877        6,340       
        Health sciences 133,571        74,024        127        33,619        4,400        20,846        555       
        Natural resources and conservation 8,023        5,613        0        653        65        1,692        0       
        Life sciences, not elsewhere classified 33,160        22,683        1,232        3,444        2,094        3,433        274       
      Mathematics and statistics 19,503        16,848        0        1,866        61        708        20       
      Physical sciences 109,606        59,262        0        30,929        5,704        13,487        224       
        Astronomy and astrophysics 11,658        5,025        0        2,350        0        4,283        0       
        Chemistry 37,078        22,149        0        9,286        1,189        4,428        26       
        Materials science 0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Physics 59,910        31,258        0        19,236        4,515        4,703        198       
        Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified 960        830        0        57        0        73        0       
      Psychology 4,200        1,867        0        1,875        0        458        0       
      Social sciences 136,543        32,441        1,702        53,728        803        38,433        9,436       
        Anthropology 1,692        36        0        1,656        0        0        0       
        Economics 30,422        3,322        0        10,412        88        9,938        6,662       
        Political science and government 37,058        250        1,702        23,407        354        9,780        1,565       
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 5,495        863        0        2,920        0        1,627        85       
        Social sciences, not elsewhere classified 61,876        27,970        0        15,333        361        17,088        1,124       
      Sciences, not elsewhere classified 8,608        141        0        8,209        152        106        0       
    Engineering 92,782        50,918        75        34,083        3,449        3,191        1,066       
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 60,912        29,970        70        26,659        1,253        2,376        584       
      Chemical engineering 1,398        1,206        0        58        44        90        0       
      Civil engineering 3,339        598        5        2,402        0        161        173       
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 5,783        4,093        0        1,339        71        189        91       
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Mechanical engineering 614        614        0        0        0        0        0       
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 19,474        14,437        0        2,609        1,835        375        218       
      Engineering not elsewhere classified 1,262        0        0        1,016        246        0        0       
    Non-S&E 109,083        7,279        99        73,058        1,119        25,931        1,597       
      Business management and business administration 32,862        0        0        32,862        0        0        0       
      Communication and communications technologies 2,769        80        0        727        0        1,962        0       
      Education 43,542        6,019        57        16,480        570        19,107        1,309       
      Humanities 9,961        813        0        6,743        447        1,839        119       
      Law 18,388        367        42        14,903        0        2,907        169       
      Social work 0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Visual and performing arts 1,561        0        0        1,343        102        116        0       
      Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified 0        0        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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