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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 770,031        760,975        734,270        687,066        622,200        604,464        606,219        588,088        629,466        625,365       
    Science 669,218        663,770        639,735        601,938        547,040        529,545        535,963        521,306        555,026        552,829       
      Computer and information sciences 16,503        15,084        12,370        13,089        9,674        8,388        7,292        8,587        9,664        9,227       
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 32,088        31,148        31,075        28,947        29,723        32,085        33,631        30,922        33,290        32,540       
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 7,273        5,223        5,180        6,104        7,129        10,211        3,018        2,773        2,796        3,166       
        Geological and earth sciences 21,648        22,911        22,374        19,668        19,643        18,248        19,314        18,593        19,793        17,177       
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 2,261        2,390        2,208        2,041        2,198        2,467        0        0        0        0       
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified 906        624        1,313        1,134        753        1,159        11,299        9,556        10,701        12,197       
      Life sciences 447,584        437,147        426,393        399,790        348,497        323,076        289,954        277,225        283,327        295,481       
        Agricultural sciences 50,582        50,725        51,474        46,176        44,377        40,457        56,581        56,211        53,747        60,789       
        Biological and biomedical sciences 221,774        212,741        200,691        174,310        147,594        146,159        85,807        86,357        93,305        98,833       
        Health sciences 162,748        160,542        161,471        167,652        146,236        126,669        137,582        124,734        125,014        124,942       
        Natural resources and conservation 12,480        13,136        12,754        11,628        10,278        9,779        0        0        0        0       
        Life sciences, not elsewhere classified 0        3        3        24        12        12        9,984        9,923        11,261        10,917       
      Mathematics and statistics 3,347        3,098        2,449        2,233        2,749        2,656        3,169        4,124        6,003        4,006       
      Physical sciences 140,655        149,138        139,315        127,847        126,361        125,247        167,875        164,784        186,349        179,182       
        Astronomy and astrophysics 113,367        121,908        113,523        104,785        103,085        103,430        131,350        124,647        138,952        132,622       
        Chemistry 15,246        14,511        13,060        13,525        13,025        12,206        12,932        15,195        17,255        20,321       
        Materials science 2,918        3,434        3,707        3,332        3,127        3,076        0        0        0        0       
        Physics 9,072        9,230        8,970        6,151        7,069        6,482        23,593        24,942        30,142        26,239       
        Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified 52        55        55        54        55        53        0        0        0        0       
      Psychology 4,255        2,900        2,670        2,628        2,561        2,424        4,394        4,602        4,524        3,461       
      Social sciences 18,628        17,689        19,450        19,835        20,086        22,458        22,698        22,303        21,984        23,138       
        Anthropology 3,482        3,443        3,926        3,715        1,748        2,203        0        0        0        0       
        Economics 2,779        2,257        2,422        2,510        2,148        1,684        6,675        6,646        6,662        7,792       
        Political science and government 601        503        866        1,108        5        2        2,746        2,287        1,718        1,673       
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 4,125        3,904        4,722        4,080        5,022        6,060        7,330        6,975        7,212        7,969       
        Social sciences, not elsewhere classified 7,641        7,582        7,514        8,422        11,163        12,509        5,947        6,395        6,392        5,704       
      Sciences, not elsewhere classified 6,158        7,566        6,013        7,569        7,389        13,211        6,950        8,759        9,885        5,794       
    Engineering 72,158        79,463        75,555        70,100        62,925        62,867        56,911        54,558        61,461        62,605       
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 1,623        1,601        1,880        1,562        1,489        1,568        1,743        1,500        1,855        1,840       
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 8,351        8,552        6,922        6,627        5,214        5,449        4,506        3,998        4,128        4,073       
      Chemical engineering 5,642        5,811        4,347        4,378        3,699        3,453        5,828        5,920        6,180        5,270       
      Civil engineering 1,578        2,914        3,558        4,854        4,040        3,873        1,815        2,237        2,075        2,118       
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 34,712        39,690        41,402        37,242        35,565        36,388        16,194        16,686        18,351        18,675       
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 4,100        4,178        3,572        3,073        2,490        2,068        0        0        0        0       
      Mechanical engineering 3,858        5,097        3,836        3,926        3,278        2,708        14,197        12,286        15,094        16,869       
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 8,397        7,902        6,139        5,229        3,972        4,319        4,510        5,755        7,062        6,397       
      Engineering not elsewhere classified 3,897        3,718        3,899        3,209        3,178        3,041        8,118        6,176        6,716        7,363       
    Non-S&E 28,655        17,742        18,980        15,028        12,235        12,052        13,345        12,224        12,979        9,931       
      Business management and business administration 7,943        2,633        4,760        3,153        2,534        2,518        435        386        686        282       
      Communication and communications technologies 123        71        265        384        181        250        901        1,343        1,303        626       
      Education 5,944        2,823        3,691        5,074        5,510        5,213        6,083        5,111        5,644        6,519       
      Humanities 4,603        4,499        1,014        4,763        1,561        1,780        3,299        2,449        3,041        2,317       
      Law 3,529        890        1,129        61        783        481        1,260        1,828        1,814        73       
      Social work 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Visual and performing arts 5,041        5,690        6,738        788        992        1,082        1,367        1,107        491        114       
      Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified 1,472        1,136        1,383        805        674        728        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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