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U. Alabama, The, Huntsville

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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 149,792        131,648        109,744        99,405        94,376        96,865        88,439        89,325        101,016        87,388       
    Science 86,380        73,124        64,091        60,414        56,837        56,398        49,025        44,329        47,674        42,736       
      Computer and information sciences 48,967        36,636        29,177        26,973        27,191        27,819        24,366        22,533        25,767        21,689       
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 17,960        17,304        16,001        12,552        13,866        13,440        11,781        11,382        9,458        8,138       
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 17,546        16,483        15,586        12,388        13,704        13,164        11,608        11,198        9,055        7,592       
        Geological and earth sciences 399        664        327        144        162        276        173        179        403        546       
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 15        157        88        20        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        5        0        0       
      Life sciences 2,620        3,170        2,815        2,528        1,864        2,004        1,307        1,438        2,096        2,058       
        Agricultural sciences 9        2        0        0        0        0        1        0        291        527       
        Biological and biomedical sciences 1,411        2,046        1,928        1,712        1,107        1,285        1,037        1,200        1,538        1,344       
        Health sciences 1,179        1,122        887        108        98        9        0        0        0        0       
        Natural resources and conservation 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Life sciences, not elsewhere classified 21        0        0        708        659        710        269        238        267        187       
      Mathematics and statistics 709        726        627        500        512        596        540        408        431        445       
      Physical sciences 15,071        13,353        12,963        14,459        10,415        9,888        9,075        7,808        8,232        7,368       
        Astronomy and astrophysics 11,601        10,224        9,766        10,761        6,566        5,487        5,223        4,490        4,954        4,210       
        Chemistry 1,165        1,300        1,466        1,648        881        830        999        413        534        360       
        Materials science 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Physics 2,284        1,767        1,724        1,656        2,743        3,435        2,769        2,493        1,942        2,616       
        Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified 21        62        7        394        225        136        84        412        802        182       
      Psychology 233        218        183        175        124        289        267        227        259        175       
      Social sciences 820        1,717        2,325        3,227        2,865        2,362        1,689        533        1,431        2,863       
        Anthropology 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Economics 611        1,501        1,304        2,553        2,370        1,239        747        336        636        821       
        Political science and government 60        59        879        534        375        1,011        814        107        715        1,990       
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 149        157        142        140        120        112        128        90        80        52       
        Social sciences, not elsewhere classified 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Sciences, not elsewhere classified 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
    Engineering 55,510        51,198        40,733        34,105        32,555        35,151        35,720        41,665        49,258        40,340       
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 35,286        30,622        22,743        22,335        20,978        23,205        25,122        33,867        39,545        31,355       
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 151        254        218        30        11        0        10        17        3        35       
      Chemical engineering 1,020        1,031        941        568        1,033        672        623        733        435        152       
      Civil engineering 2,965        3,390        2,182        1,132        1,034        1,027        2,129        456        301        611       
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 5,092        5,450        6,394        5,107        4,223        3,742        2,565        2,333        3,058        2,101       
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 4,568        3,602        3,627        813        769        671        0        0        0        0       
      Mechanical engineering 5,285        5,612        3,967        3,685        3,505        5,012        4,303        2,848        3,953        3,222       
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 635        465        374        209        399        436        215        280        521        1,098       
      Engineering not elsewhere classified 508        772        287        226        603        386        753        1,131        1,442        1,766       
    Non-S&E 7,902        7,326        4,920        4,886        4,984        5,316        3,694        3,331        4,084        4,312       
      Business management and business administration 2,530        2,675        2,606        2,931        2,852        3,674        2,241        1,881        2,806        3,321       
      Communication and communications technologies 126        136        197        173        138        147        122        76        65        56       
      Education 4,231        3,385        1,103        768        982        549        152        473        231        198       
      Humanities 559        739        684        671        691        653        867        589        610        424       
      Law 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Social work 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        24        0        0       
      Visual and performing arts 405        391        321        343        319        293        312        220        217        147       
      Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified 51        0        9        0        2        0        0        68        155        166       

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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