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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 .        .        .        540,660        548,885        539,388        505,699        485,051        491,998        502,406       
    Science .        .        .        397,955        402,050        389,208        379,100        361,063        367,206        381,174       
      Computer and information sciences .        .        .        46,197        45,861        44,663        40,010        36,838        38,053        45,399       
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences .        .        .        47,540        47,774        50,463        40,202        38,810        36,390        30,595       
        Atmospheric science and meteorology .        .        .        31,061        31,233        35,769        1,585        1,795        2,731        2,916       
        Geological and earth sciences .        .        .        15,980        14,960        12,884        38,617        37,015        33,659        27,679       
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences .        .        .        499        1,581        1,810        0        0        0        0       
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified .        .        .        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Life sciences .        .        .        114,805        124,365        127,030        115,904        94,818        98,049        98,690       
        Agricultural sciences .        .        .        47,385        55,069        55,209        56,326        43,478        47,449        47,662       
        Biological and biomedical sciences .        .        .        41,986        41,999        43,282        36,048        35,839        33,492        35,749       
        Health sciences .        .        .        21,691        21,461        22,661        19,049        9,533        0        0       
        Natural resources and conservation .        .        .        3,727        5,836        5,878        0        0        0        0       
        Life sciences, not elsewhere classified .        .        .        16        0        0        4,481        5,968        17,108        15,279       
      Mathematics and statistics .        .        .        6,788        6,882        5,917        7,008        5,876        7,632        7,218       
      Physical sciences .        .        .        104,606        103,561        98,474        91,974        85,573        95,244        104,428       
        Astronomy and astrophysics .        .        .        32,187        33,529        31,152        24,521        21,994        21,079        24,068       
        Chemistry .        .        .        10,672        9,694        13,864        11,774        9,245        10,400        10,206       
        Materials science .        .        .        0        0        28        0        0        0        0       
        Physics .        .        .        58,116        58,803        51,196        55,096        50,345        62,112        68,427       
        Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified .        .        .        3,631        1,535        2,234        583        3,989        1,653        1,727       
      Psychology .        .        .        8,365        10,114        12,852        7,147        5,652        7,652        7,203       
      Social sciences .        .        .        67,202        56,370        40,643        76,855        93,496        84,186        87,641       
        Anthropology .        .        .        428        438        175        0        0        0        0       
        Economics .        .        .        1,381        1,015        1,206        1,633        3,875        2,039        5,772       
        Political science and government .        .        .        5,852        5,040        4,953        7,700        10,173        5,480        11,906       
        Sociology, demography, and population studies .        .        .        6,812        7,331        5,668        6,146        4,885        3,140        3,046       
        Social sciences, not elsewhere classified .        .        .        52,729        42,546        28,641        61,376        74,563        73,527        66,917       
      Sciences, not elsewhere classified .        .        .        2,452        7,123        9,166        0        0        0        0       
    Engineering .        .        .        131,245        130,932        127,965        124,268        111,172        120,139        117,243       
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering .        .        .        15,691        15,089        12,465        13,362        13,352        13,589        15,394       
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering .        .        .        9,941        8,674        8,067        6,664        6,275        7,482        4,597       
      Chemical engineering .        .        .        5,484        5,829        4,394        3,805        3,780        2,515        2,000       
      Civil engineering .        .        .        24,049        26,960        25,975        25,281        24,281        21,223        17,920       
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering .        .        .        15,414        18,650        22,125        18,292        17,337        20,032        20,503       
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering .        .        .        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Mechanical engineering .        .        .        20,320        18,547        17,937        17,534        16,636        19,046        20,795       
      Metallurgical and materials engineering .        .        .        15,480        14,669        13,714        13,978        12,262        11,271        10,165       
      Engineering not elsewhere classified .        .        .        24,866        22,514        23,288        25,352        17,249        24,981        25,869       
    Non-S&E .        .        .        11,460        15,903        22,215        2,331        12,816        4,653        3,989       
      Business management and business administration .        .        .        2,815        2,607        1,584        0        1,185        67        277       
      Communication and communications technologies .        .        .        519        884        882        734        972        764        817       
      Education .        .        .        2,516        3,914        5,836        125        4,241        1,749        749       
      Humanities .        .        .        3,426        2,422        1,981        1,078        1,728        1,397        1,873       
      Law .        .        .        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Social work .        .        .        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Visual and performing arts .        .        .        237        909        314        394        419        426        273       
      Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified .        .        .        1,947        5,167        11,618        0        4,271        250        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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