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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 1,425,499        1,403,735        1,353,763        1,265,196        1,133,454        1,087,117        1,101,466        1,067,388        1,075,554        1,073,864       
    Science 1,207,533        1,212,853        1,171,266        1,105,575        1,001,236        964,783        976,614        940,517        941,046        939,199       
      Computer and information sciences 46,962        30,370        28,302        35,158        28,217        27,630        39,791        34,501        37,929        48,703       
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 185,870        201,331        180,626        159,294        186,827        166,470        169,678        181,434        165,376        149,669       
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 7,727        33,205        27,028        25,462        22,577        21,690        22,947        21,360        19,180        18,454       
        Geological and earth sciences 38,898        36,871        31,144        31,658        35,783        33,001        35,276        40,847        40,375        31,064       
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 139,245        131,255        122,454        102,174        128,467        111,779        111,455        119,227        105,821        100,151       
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Life sciences 827,370        828,401        819,167        782,882        667,478        650,484        642,371        601,452        609,643        624,881       
        Agricultural sciences 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Biological and biomedical sciences 63,846        62,532        64,858        57,996        43,526        37,667        34,578        36,257        38,366        41,864       
        Health sciences 762,778        765,869        754,309        724,886        623,952        612,817        607,793        565,191        571,257        581,953       
        Natural resources and conservation 593        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Life sciences, not elsewhere classified 153        0        0        0        0        0        0        4        20        1,064       
      Mathematics and statistics 5,639        4,857        5,466        4,478        5,328        5,008        5,211        5,200        5,100        4,450       
      Physical sciences 86,893        94,124        85,322        67,509        67,380        68,169        71,434        70,812        66,614        64,399       
        Astronomy and astrophysics 1,552        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Chemistry 27,339        27,429        32,067        22,362        28,237        30,337        34,573        35,526        31,353        27,399       
        Materials science 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Physics 56,983        66,169        52,798        44,584        38,677        37,207        36,065        34,221        33,540        34,842       
        Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified 1,019        526        457        563        466        625        796        1,065        1,721        2,158       
      Psychology 18,645        20,113        18,932        20,042        17,837        18,909        18,632        19,349        21,353        25,447       
      Social sciences 22,940        19,942        20,178        19,932        16,269        16,273        17,581        17,809        17,421        14,807       
        Anthropology 659        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Economics 3,624        2,777        3,106        2,923        1,883        2,308        2,088        1,854        2,699        2,112       
        Political science and government 9,643        12,843        11,997        12,797        11,173        9,999        11,012        10,552        9,260        7,912       
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 4,336        2,329        2,928        2,383        2,039        2,630        3,103        3,746        3,658        2,294       
        Social sciences, not elsewhere classified 4,678        1,993        2,147        1,829        1,174        1,336        1,378        1,657        1,804        2,489       
      Sciences, not elsewhere classified 13,214        13,715        13,273        16,280        11,900        11,840        11,916        9,960        17,610        6,843       
    Engineering 177,564        182,495        172,919        150,596        125,033        114,646        117,170        119,690        125,933        126,107       
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 898        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 59,417        53,586        53,954        44,987        38,630        35,265        33,087        31,792        23,887        23,455       
      Chemical engineering 70        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Civil engineering 815        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 81,213        83,383        80,480        73,634        62,090        57,532        59,730        62,219        74,664        75,918       
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Mechanical engineering 16,253        14,973        15,857        12,588        11,232        12,064        14,397        14,661        16,187        15,632       
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 303        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Engineering not elsewhere classified 18,595        30,553        22,628        19,387        13,081        9,785        9,956        11,018        11,195        11,102       
    Non-S&E 40,402        8,387        9,578        9,025        7,185        7,688        7,682        7,181        8,575        8,558       
      Business management and business administration 576        664        1,231        1,076        828        579        719        1,608        782        362       
      Communication and communications technologies 406        1,164        1,230        1,072        385        488        338        230        261        166       
      Education 6,065        2,515        2,742        2,353        2,236        2,486        2,811        2,603        3,328        4,146       
      Humanities 1,920        2,131        2,437        2,181        2,052        1,729        1,714        1,355        1,437        1,018       
      Law 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Social work 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Visual and performing arts 1,668        1,428        1,360        1,322        1,235        1,756        1,688        975        2,002        1,051       
      Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified 29,767        485        578        1,021        449        650        412        410        765        1,815       

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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