Data

U. Alabama, The, Birmingham

Total R&D expenditures, by field: 2022–13
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
  All R&D fields   713,480   644,330   618,226   607,863   588,207   561,851   537,825   516,229   428,563   440,796
    Science   671,131   589,607   555,515   547,806   526,958   505,921   488,133   472,364   403,628   413,696
      Computer and information sciences   898   1,356   1,502   827   919   575   2,466   940   1,010   1,269
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   66   436   701   870   1,199   1,496   2,022   8,362   342   319
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   66   436   701   870   1,199   1,496   2,022   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   500   0   0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   342   319
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   7,862   0   0
      Life sciences   653,373   571,525   542,308   533,536   511,345   491,477   472,114   455,478   396,805   405,844
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   167,234   132,380   132,963   137,196   122,978   121,086   120,456   126,233   103,498   103,421
        Health sciences   486,139   439,145   409,345   396,340   388,367   370,391   351,658   321,859   282,484   294,054
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences, not elsewhere classified   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   7,386   10,823   8,369
      Mathematics and statistics   263   383   916   876   320   324   1,157   137   264   441
      Physical sciences   6,282   9,885   4,678   5,961   7,211   5,667   4,898   3,003   2,819   2,881
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   1,560   2,415   1,018   2,177   2,239   1,781   1,060   781   440   558
        Materials science   1,570   5,131   1,169   1,365   2,297   1,476   1,553   0   0   0
        Physics   3,152   2,339   2,491   2,419   2,675   2,410   2,285   2,222   2,379   2,323
        Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   9,755   5,695   5,164   4,933   5,355   5,558   5,235   4,161   2,085   1,822
      Social sciences   494   317   246   803   609   824   241   283   303   1,120
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Political science and government   0   0   0   0   535   557   1   0   0   0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   311   170   16   2   10   57   101   151   152   937
        Social sciences, not elsewhere classified   183   147   230   801   64   210   139   132   151   183
      Sciences, not elsewhere classified   0   10   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   30,637   46,844   53,030   47,555   48,102   47,730   43,359   37,222   17,847   21,186
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   999   6,538   8,271   8,995   7,816   7,419   7,649   8,257   7,179   10,564
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   7,608   5,957   6,470   6,400   7,259   5,551   2,949   2,250   2,935   2,593
      Chemical engineering   349   942   3,507   4,368   6,122   8,933   10,340   3,900   0   0
      Civil engineering   1,765   609   693   1,033   985   1,320   1,201   1,095   1,161   1,335
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   3,155   6,491   5,960   3,121   1,737   2,776   1,528   1,008   160   526
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   7,713   11,323   7,356   5,308   2,523   3,130   3,703   4,243   2,874   3,538
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   7,790   14,693   18,086   15,526   19,062   15,753   13,241   15,074   2,188   1,271
      Engineering not elsewhere classified   1,258   291   2,687   2,804   2,598   2,848   2,748   1,395   1,350   1,359
    Non-S&E   11,712   7,879   9,681   12,502   13,147   8,200   6,333   6,643   7,088   5,914
      Business management and business administration   25   209   94   98   221   178   156   129   133   96
      Communication and communications technologies   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   56   0   2
      Education   6,627   1,364   1,767   3,918   4,380   1,558   723   700   1,637   2,602
      Humanities   95   0   1   10   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   446   111   268   200   38   12   44   27   7   0
      Visual and performing arts   0   0   0   0   0   0   14   0   9   0
      Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified   4,517   6,195   7,551   8,276   8,508   6,452   5,396   5,731   5,302   3,214

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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