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Total R&D expenditures, by source of funds and R&D field: 2021
(Dollars in thousands)
Field All R&D expenditures Federal government State and local government Institution funds Business Nonprofit organizations All other sources
  All R&D fields 202,536        77,489        35,530        71,291        7,745        7,309        3,172       
    Science 121,288        46,635        16,047        50,287        3,044        3,946        1,329       
      Computer and information sciences 4,352        2,337        627        1,171        154        0        63       
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 9,292        3,418        2,122        2,040        1,113        0        599       
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 4,960        1,277        1,954        1,220        21        0        488       
        Geological and earth sciences 3,501        1,348        158        792        1,092        0        111       
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 331        331        0        0        0        0        0       
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified 500        462        10        28        0        0        0       
      Life sciences 34,322        19,471        5,125        6,464        1,393        1,323        546       
        Agricultural sciences 209        99        36        74        0        0        0       
        Biological and biomedical sciences 14,588        8,294        1,960        2,447        650        827        410       
        Health sciences 19,265        10,820        3,129        3,941        743        496        136       
        Natural resources and conservation 244        244        0        0        0        0        0       
        Life sciences, not elsewhere classified 16        14        0        2        0        0        0       
      Mathematics and statistics 3,497        2,743        170        563        15        6        0       
      Physical sciences 52,230        6,931        4,901        38,459        47        1,890        2       
        Astronomy and astrophysics 85        85        0        0        0        0        0       
        Chemistry 43,502        3,476        2,082        36,172        33        1,737        2       
        Materials science 322        308        0        0        14        0        0       
        Physics 7,385        2,809        2,744        1,679        0        153        0       
        Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified 936        253        75        608        0        0        0       
      Psychology 13,601        9,784        1,882        1,196        99        638        2       
      Social sciences 2,404        412        1,211        383        217        73        108       
        Anthropology 0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Economics 376        30        14        116        203        0        13       
        Political science and government 1,598        208        1,161        190        0        39        0       
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 113        60        32        21        0        0        0       
        Social sciences, not elsewhere classified 317        114        4        56        14        34        95       
      Sciences, not elsewhere classified 1,590        1,539        9        11        6        16        9       
    Engineering 56,555        26,599        10,766        12,029        3,464        1,854        1,843       
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 2,016        1,301        0        681        34        0        0       
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 11,156        7,090        1,907        1,580        34        545        0       
      Chemical engineering 12,136        5,287        1,758        3,471        550        626        444       
      Civil engineering 8,173        3,291        3,210        1,219        118        130        205       
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 8,927        4,387        1,380        1,575        1,241        197        147       
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 405        240        57        105        3        0        0       
      Mechanical engineering 5,890        3,709        936        930        0        50        265       
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 1,714        341        505        481        381        6        0       
      Engineering not elsewhere classified 6,138        953        1,013        1,987        1,103        300        782       
    Non-S&E 24,693        4,255        8,717        8,975        1,237        1,509        0       
      Business management and business administration 1,459        0        10        1,440        9        0        0       
      Communication and communications technologies 172        125        10        37        0        0        0       
      Education 5,093        1,662        1,114        1,537        0        780        0       
      Humanities 1,546        0        38        1,038        0        470        0       
      Law 943        30        323        590        0        0        0       
      Social work 3,885        2,197        67        433        989        199        0       
      Visual and performing arts 109        52        9        48        0        0        0       
      Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified 11,486        189        7,146        3,852        239        60        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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