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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 553,876        538,583        508,353        511,973        494,280        473,362        443,218        449,147        435,377        446,429       
    Science 474,419        462,360        433,432        433,405        412,262        400,621        373,052        388,717        371,694        386,125       
      Computer and information sciences 4,180        3,547        3,599        3,017        2,327        2,496        1,661        2,142        1,408        1,442       
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 1,971        2,441        2,088        2,113        2,434        1,941        2,839        2,766        2,406        2,211       
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Geological and earth sciences 579        1,196        830        809        1,199        745        1,410        1,363        1,021        703       
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified 1,392        1,245        1,258        1,304        1,235        1,196        1,429        1,403        1,385        1,508       
      Life sciences 415,734        414,459        385,909        386,776        368,252        348,075        322,019        339,591        326,387        338,959       
        Agricultural sciences 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Biological and biomedical sciences 134,116        126,870        122,729        127,863        118,976        110,542        91,361        92,446        95,744        95,454       
        Health sciences 278,735        284,636        260,702        255,499        245,202        233,618        207,186        226,085        209,266        217,552       
        Natural resources and conservation 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Life sciences, not elsewhere classified 2,883        2,953        2,478        3,414        4,074        3,915        23,472        21,060        21,377        25,953       
      Mathematics and statistics 406        624        710        749        773        835        924        1,119        1,007        1,561       
      Physical sciences 32,013        23,226        24,300        25,142        21,629        22,073        21,033        20,704        22,539        24,256       
        Astronomy and astrophysics 267        712        1,178        794        1,113        1,393        1,315        1,393        1,465        1,574       
        Chemistry 5,342        5,415        4,659        5,293        5,738        6,596        6,420        5,236        6,254        6,771       
        Materials science 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Physics 26,404        17,099        18,463        19,055        14,778        14,084        13,298        14,075        14,820        15,911       
        Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Psychology 10,981        8,817        8,086        7,115        7,556        7,653        7,519        8,776        8,929        8,906       
      Social sciences 6,010        6,875        7,575        6,913        6,625        13,457        12,656        9,753        7,293        7,372       
        Anthropology 17        78        118        41        85        349        0        0        0        0       
        Economics 598        505        564        793        702        619        403        106        11        105       
        Political science and government 518        473        338        275        388        538        9,249        6,161        3,671        3,604       
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 728        754        651        32        43        118        210        437        266        164       
        Social sciences, not elsewhere classified 4,149        5,065        5,904        5,772        5,407        11,833        2,794        3,049        3,345        3,499       
      Sciences, not elsewhere classified 3,124        2,371        1,165        1,580        2,666        4,091        4,401        3,866        1,725        1,418       
    Engineering 47,722        48,433        50,377        50,848        54,200        47,097        50,476        48,135        51,403        46,855       
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 1,021        588        787        973        906        839        1,004        445        593        404       
      Chemical engineering 699        1,529        1,060        1,357        2,327        1,558        1,689        1,795        1,592        1,834       
      Civil engineering 21,349        21,652        23,273        24,490        26,376        24,754        24,706        24,440        26,534        24,658       
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 2,457        3,616        3,905        4,493        4,584        4,785        4,007        3,341        3,479        3,315       
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 973        757        798        817        1,013        888        0        0        0        0       
      Mechanical engineering 1,879        1,946        1,803        1,731        1,790        2,830        3,205        3,485        4,144        1,754       
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Engineering not elsewhere classified 19,344        18,345        18,751        16,987        17,204        11,443        15,865        14,629        15,061        14,890       
    Non-S&E 31,735        27,790        24,544        27,720        27,818        25,644        19,690        12,295        12,280        13,449       
      Business management and business administration 6,482        5,337        5,043        5,909        5,283        4,404        3,999        823        633        1,389       
      Communication and communications technologies 655        347        428        400        715        1,343        507        730        532        790       
      Education 12,265        11,774        9,138        10,129        10,578        10,587        7,349        3,439        4,865        4,952       
      Humanities 4,320        2,441        2,738        3,391        3,597        3,405        2,928        2,784        2,992        2,704       
      Law 656        829        1,221        1,248        567        504        458        65        242        120       
      Social work 1,007        1,405        958        361        387        556        821        398        516        648       
      Visual and performing arts 337        184        276        266        276        460        434        632        448        301       
      Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified 6,013        5,473        4,742        6,016        6,415        4,385        3,194        3,424        2,052        2,545       

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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