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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 146,801        134,183        129,913        106,694        99,502        79,222        79,500        101,247        77,583        92,135       
    Science 89,733        87,872        89,253        78,351        76,683        61,696        60,717        75,101        57,772        66,633       
      Computer and information sciences 2,585        1,967        1,377        1,339        1,331        910        788        607        1,767        1,453       
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 24,778        24,874        25,039        22,741        25,031        21,622        22,189        20,343        14,909        18,537       
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Geological and earth sciences 6,687        7,773        8,803        7,270        7,616        7,072        7,202        6,557        5,059        5,824       
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 18,068        17,075        16,191        15,457        17,380        14,538        14,954        13,772        9,850        12,713       
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified 23        26        45        14        35        12        33        14        0        0       
      Life sciences 38,598        39,357        38,713        36,865        35,527        26,079        28,621        39,251        24,849        32,877       
        Agricultural sciences 17,566        18,398        18,217        19,742        18,903        13,479        19,415        27,477        12,786        18,794       
        Biological and biomedical sciences 9,846        10,949        10,759        9,760        9,747        7,547        8,633        10,455        10,379        12,892       
        Health sciences 466        385        417        44        62        0        26        7        522        1       
        Natural resources and conservation 10,720        9,625        9,320        7,319        6,815        5,053        0        0        0        0       
        Life sciences, not elsewhere classified 0        0        0        0        0        0        547        1,312        1,162        1,190       
      Mathematics and statistics 657        845        1,115        101        124        154        136        145        191        287       
      Physical sciences 6,803        6,427        7,628        5,451        3,978        3,389        1,405        3,995        2,764        3,809       
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Chemistry 1,157        1,160        2,171        888        755        25        112        451        185        684       
        Materials science 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Physics 5,645        5,267        5,457        4,442        3,181        3,303        1,293        3,395        2,579        3,113       
        Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified 1        0        0        121        42        61        0        149        0        12       
      Psychology 1,108        1,183        852        113        185        256        87        47        257        481       
      Social sciences 2,316        2,274        2,293        1,666        1,834        1,523        1,454        1,825        1,862        1,763       
        Anthropology 354        260        283        0        36        161        0        0        0        0       
        Economics 82        125        121        122        100        43        48        17        293        725       
        Political science and government 148        194        198        1        0        0        8        0        0        0       
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 303        159        175        0        0        0        7        0        387        12       
        Social sciences, not elsewhere classified 1,429        1,536        1,516        1,543        1,698        1,319        1,391        1,808        1,182        1,026       
      Sciences, not elsewhere classified 12,888        10,945        12,236        10,075        8,673        7,763        6,037        8,888        11,173        7,426       
    Engineering 46,986        37,127        32,368        27,459        22,065        16,880        17,891        25,392        19,397        25,040       
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 99        20        53        17        21        0        140        0        0        0       
      Chemical engineering 10,771        8,189        8,306        7,581        7,515        4,799        3,860        3,586        3,666        4,378       
      Civil engineering 1,159        1,153        1,232        675        601        574        521        772        615        756       
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 1,795        1,616        2,268        1,758        1,618        1,147        1,058        1,716        1,179        2,170       
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 1,101        1,291        1,937        2,977        1,236        1,234        0        0        0        0       
      Mechanical engineering 2,195        2,751        2,286        924        501        589        819        1,328        1,644        1,949       
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 27,956        21,200        15,707        12,362        9,430        7,955        9,097        16,243        12,282        14,054       
      Engineering not elsewhere classified 1,910        907        579        1,165        1,143        582        2,396        1,747        11        1,733       
    Non-S&E 10,082        9,184        8,292        884        754        646        892        754        414        462       
      Business management and business administration 1,570        1,684        1,381        0        0        40        0        0        11        2       
      Communication and communications technologies 1,042        865        859        231        245        243        253        243        11        7       
      Education 1,849        1,452        1,162        399        367        334        592        502        359        449       
      Humanities 2,305        2,366        1,890        170        142        29        32        9        33        4       
      Law 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Social work 596        548        341        0        0        0        15        0        0        0       
      Visual and performing arts 675        651        639        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified 2,045        1,618        2,020        84        0        0        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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