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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 231,532        220,445        206,270        186,192        183,428        176,295        175,724        175,563        179,967        170,174       
    Science 134,328        140,259        134,488        126,628        136,278        130,017        120,007        112,555        111,878        106,953       
      Computer and information sciences 4,182        6,648        5,274        5,267        5,171        4,709        4,930        5,542        5,619        5,991       
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 18,173        17,697        18,346        20,689        21,126        18,814        18,610        18,760        19,971        20,424       
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Geological and earth sciences 3,575        4,140        3,953        2,968        2,002        2,547        2,639        2,245        2,398        2,033       
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 8,990        9,841        9,855        11,239        12,250        11,339        10,697        12,655        13,364        14,085       
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified 5,608        3,716        4,538        6,482        6,874        4,928        5,274        3,860        4,209        4,306       
      Life sciences 60,823        66,097        60,535        55,454        62,222        59,725        58,329        50,266        50,693        46,311       
        Agricultural sciences 30,290        32,048        29,062        27,344        31,177        31,939        32,695        30,297        32,403        29,673       
        Biological and biomedical sciences 5,050        5,344        4,551        3,928        3,952        4,156        4,399        4,269        5,312        6,061       
        Health sciences 25,483        28,705        26,922        24,182        27,093        23,630        0        0        0        0       
        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        21,235        15,700        12,978        10,577       
      Mathematics and statistics 1,384        1,887        2,227        1,908        2,030        1,833        1,820        2,000        2,142        2,349       
      Physical sciences 26,015        25,192        27,410        23,634        23,387        23,187        15,947        16,161        17,004        18,497       
        Astronomy and astrophysics 1,110        1,080        1,070        1,073        949        1,474        1,798        2,730        2,674        2,984       
        Chemistry 9,404        8,146        9,124        8,752        8,919        9,044        8,529        7,103        7,482        7,605       
        Materials science 10,978        10,537        11,717        8,204        8,565        8,048        0        0        0        0       
        Physics 4,523        5,429        5,499        5,605        4,954        4,621        5,620        6,328        6,848        7,908       
        Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Psychology 7,990        7,485        5,486        4,409        4,553        5,346        4,008        3,737        3,336        3,872       
      Social sciences 13,326        12,936        12,868        13,731        16,667        15,357        15,872        14,465        11,860        8,410       
        Anthropology 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Economics 3,332        3,488        3,176        3,162        3,025        2,957        2,789        2,386        2,286        2,248       
        Political science and government 131        141        13        32        24        10        27        0        0        303       
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 2,664        2,525        2,219        2,785        2,566        1,751        1,864        2,256        2,150        1,565       
        Social sciences, not elsewhere classified 7,199        6,782        7,460        7,752        11,052        10,639        11,192        9,823        7,424        4,294       
      Sciences, not elsewhere classified 2,435        2,317        2,342        1,536        1,122        1,046        491        1,624        1,253        1,099       
    Engineering 90,327        74,258        66,447        52,932        40,177        39,367        47,897        57,086        58,592        54,374       
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 6,236        5,239        4,621        11,265        4,713        2,307        1,942        2,414        2,423        3,385       
      Chemical engineering 54,225        41,292        36,874        19,795        15,651        15,692        14,951        17,814        18,332        17,567       
      Civil engineering 9,288        8,565        8,746        7,588        7,862        7,481        7,136        10,432        10,112        9,153       
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 11,892        11,012        7,874        7,175        5,299        6,594        9,426        10,183        10,368        8,464       
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Mechanical engineering 7,640        6,898        7,241        6,430        6,302        5,239        5,571        3,971        5,087        5,719       
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0        0        0        0        0        0        7,522        11,672        11,345        8,782       
      Engineering not elsewhere classified 1,046        1,252        1,091        679        350        2,054        1,349        600        925        1,304       
    Non-S&E 6,877        5,928        5,335        6,632        6,973        6,911        7,820        5,922        9,497        8,847       
      Business management and business administration 914        478        38        161        557        663        961        230        1,168        2,064       
      Communication and communications technologies 1,001        444        24        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Education 4,797        4,703        5,115        6,185        6,294        6,031        6,443        5,632        6,656        5,969       
      Humanities 143        303        158        286        122        217        274        60        1,605        611       
      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 22        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified 0        0        0        0        0        0        142        0        68        203       

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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