Data

Northwestern U.

Total R&D expenditures, by source of funds and R&D field: 2023
(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   1,114,269   678,062   586   303,778   67,114   58,196   6,533
    Science   981,193   615,914   586   247,634   61,862   50,194   5,003
      Computer and information sciences   13,831   7,891   0   3,375   2,537   0   28
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   1,795   929   0   682   0   151   33
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   1,795   929   0   682   0   151   33
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   816,739   526,737   569   188,775   55,084   41,637   3,937
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   205,479   139,214   0   45,682   4,709   15,156   718
        Health sciences   596,679   380,372   569   137,474   50,051   24,994   3,219
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   14,581   7,151   0   5,619   324   1,487   0
      Mathematics and statistics   2,311   1,310   0   839   0   162   0
      Physical sciences   97,816   53,306   0   36,035   2,425   5,543   507
        Astronomy and astrophysics   7,498   2,037   0   4,751   0   710   0
        Chemistry   42,247   23,314   0   15,726   2,034   1,156   17
        Materials science   19,933   15,370   0   4,248   65   250   0
        Physics   22,886   10,597   0   8,368   4   3,427   490
        Physical sciences nec   5,252   1,988   0   2,942   322   0   0
      Psychology   3,316   1,817   0   1,426   0   36   37
      Social sciences   23,363   11,247   0   9,169   117   2,379   451
        Anthropology   1,577   383   0   928   49   205   12
        Economics   8,318   5,247   0   2,836   0   32   203
        Political science and government   834   186   0   576   1   71   0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   493   0   0   483   0   10   0
        Social sciences nec   12,141   5,431   0   4,346   67   2,061   236
      Sciences nec   22,022   12,677   17   7,333   1,699   286   10
    Engineering   93,785   57,708   0   27,653   5,008   2,910   506
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   20,128   14,520   0   4,655   49   692   212
      Chemical engineering   12,688   7,677   0   2,963   1,745   217   86
      Civil engineering   7,457   5,126   0   1,777   417   137   0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   8,452   6,005   0   1,475   633   310   29
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   3,127   1,977   0   908   242   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   8,038   5,481   0   1,735   770   26   26
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   18,076   12,508   0   4,710   670   112   76
      Engineering nec   15,819   4,414   0   9,430   482   1,416   77
    Non-S&E   39,291   4,440   0   28,491   244   5,092   1,024
      Business management and business administration   15,511   1,160   0   13,857   0   307   187
      Communication and communications technologies   3,353   984   0   1,795   17   545   12
      Education   12,464   1,902   0   6,020   0   3,721   821
      Humanities   4,761   177   0   4,462   37   81   4
      Law   1,509   217   0   870   190   232   0
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   1,693   0   0   1,487   0   206   0
      Non-S&E nec   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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