Data

Princeton U.

Total R&D expenditures, by field: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
  All R&D fields   513,365   461,185   404,448   396,502   385,739   365,007   334,125   307,653   279,851   293,274
    Science   408,392   365,594   322,421   315,400   305,700   283,847   251,692   226,846   196,705   202,862
      Computer and information sciences   29,801   28,066   23,518   24,160   19,725   15,110   15,501   13,640   11,508   11,856
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   33,668   29,942   29,203   23,819   24,755   28,636   25,660   25,990   24,049   20,498
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   16,488   13,198   12,846   8,301   9,457   11,296   11,495   11,939   8,090   6,474
        Geological and earth sciences   8,817   8,865   7,670   8,028   6,755   9,723   6,542   6,468   6,407   8,338
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   386   4,200   4,880   3,987   3,803   150   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   8,363   7,879   8,301   3,290   3,663   3,630   3,820   7,433   9,552   5,686
      Life sciences   128,054   112,932   95,938   91,903   95,882   86,341   75,292   66,251   41,457   46,685
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   112,622   102,181   87,346   81,137   87,248   80,786   69,507   63,535   41,457   46,685
        Health sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Natural resources and conservation   15,432   10,751   8,592   10,766   8,634   5,555   5,785   2,716   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   16,810   15,763   11,672   13,550   11,703   11,313   9,915   10,166   7,820   10,764
      Physical sciences   109,961   101,461   99,326   94,815   88,235   82,329   70,706   66,914   69,410   70,098
        Astronomy and astrophysics   36,251   29,410   27,282   24,682   23,786   22,585   16,796   11,334   8,620   11,422
        Chemistry   32,016   28,604   29,163   25,095   22,317   21,060   18,701   18,810   24,018   21,810
        Materials science   7,240   4,663   6,744   3,611   3,287   3,387   3,416   2,994   0   0
        Physics   33,192   37,325   35,249   40,161   38,060   34,551   31,045   33,776   36,772   36,866
        Physical sciences nec   1,262   1,459   888   1,266   785   746   748   0   0   0
      Psychology   6,305   4,568   5,441   9,240   6,482   6,295   8,948   3,594   17,778   15,101
      Social sciences   83,793   72,862   57,323   57,913   58,918   50,613   45,670   40,291   24,524   27,603
        Anthropology   662   227   305   541   508   206   171   95   0   0
        Economics   14,908   15,755   8,419   9,014   8,620   6,536   6,764   5,822   1,315   1,813
        Political science and government   33,277   32,212   27,318   27,497   30,137   24,279   28,038   23,026   21,285   24,363
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   19,635   18,334   17,047   15,765   14,972   14,898   6,793   8,289   1,222   1,130
        Social sciences nec   15,311   6,334   4,234   5,096   4,681   4,694   3,904   3,059   702   297
      Sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   3,210   0   0   159   257
    Engineering   87,035   78,831   67,231   67,014   65,000   67,450   70,261   58,887   75,674   84,868
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   5,518   4,480   2,029   2,799   2,313   2,255   2,478   5,265   7,214   7,139
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   9,028   5,643   6,069   6,731   7,354   6,849   5,781   2,831   4,350   4,962
      Chemical engineering   7,873   8,167   5,304   5,921   4,114   4,305   5,019   5,573   7,160   7,758
      Civil engineering   8,067   7,730   3,830   5,014   5,585   6,639   11,109   7,269   10,993   12,446
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   33,261   32,101   17,483   17,156   17,186   17,526   17,008   12,382   12,985   12,778
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   4,672   3,898   2,734   2,810   2,847   3,046   0   3,357   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   6,763   5,306   8,114   7,421   8,814   9,484   9,683   5,006   7,217   6,977
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   743   14,256   11,788   10,340   11,507   12,438   12,270   21,475   29,581
      Engineering nec   11,853   10,763   7,412   7,374   6,447   5,839   6,745   4,934   4,280   3,227
    Non-S&E   17,938   16,760   14,796   14,088   15,039   13,710   12,172   21,920   7,472   5,544
      Business management and business administration   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Communication and communications technologies   41   148   103   0   0   0   0   0   231   435
      Education   1   12   1,381   746   866   708   803   1,239   202   397
      Humanities   13,340   11,047   8,403   8,544   8,732   8,492   7,737   10,980   5,128   3,233
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   0   0   8   44   21   36   26   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   3,005   4,332   2,955   3,451   3,662   3,102   2,026   7,398   1,330   1,287
      Non-S&E nec   1,551   1,221   1,946   1,303   1,758   1,372   1,580   2,303   581   192

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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