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U. Massachusetts, Amherst

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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 213,824        219,389        223,177        211,140        210,416        214,576        213,902        200,199        190,739        194,775       
    Science 141,122        146,194        154,140        139,276        140,312        146,606        155,793        138,343        127,187        133,508       
      Computer and information sciences 27,336        31,199        27,702        25,106        21,126        20,596        19,313        18,447        18,661        18,798       
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 3,582        4,265        6,569        5,215        3,966        3,849        4,754        4,029        4,321        4,713       
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0        1,437        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Geological and earth sciences 3,582        2,828        6,564        5,215        3,966        3,849        4,746        4,029        4,228        4,047       
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0        0        5        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified 0        0        0        0        0        0        8        0        93        666       
      Life sciences 69,519        64,246        67,652        66,052        74,257        83,957        81,165        69,749        60,743        61,999       
        Agricultural sciences 17,175        16,454        10,311        11,406        12,018        12,497        24,915        24,079        22,631        29,881       
        Biological and biomedical sciences 25,498        25,906        24,678        22,897        20,051        22,306        20,002        22,885        26,981        25,081       
        Health sciences 9,953        10,047        19,940        19,867        20,827        18,693        12,031        13,881        9,661        6,276       
        Natural resources and conservation 7,248        7,497        8,213        8,017        8,428        11,088        0        0        0        0       
        Life sciences, not elsewhere classified 9,645        4,342        4,510        3,865        12,933        19,373        24,217        8,904        1,470        761       
      Mathematics and statistics 3,218        3,361        3,636        2,429        2,392        2,495        2,587        2,007        1,960        3,254       
      Physical sciences 22,250        28,757        31,623        24,443        22,383        23,246        31,831        31,601        31,488        32,239       
        Astronomy and astrophysics 4,116        4,838        4,768        4,698        3,520        3,583        3,197        3,125        4,245        4,930       
        Chemistry 10,139        14,992        19,452        12,489        11,433        12,359        15,408        20,128        19,234        19,993       
        Materials science 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Physics 7,995        8,927        7,403        7,256        7,430        7,304        13,226        8,348        8,009        7,316       
        Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Psychology 8,004        7,836        9,195        7,357        6,263        6,902        6,682        5,209        4,455        4,865       
      Social sciences 5,623        4,819        6,118        5,185        5,234        4,807        5,479        4,581        4,501        6,163       
        Anthropology 549        610        1,063        919        917        1,100        0        0        0        0       
        Economics 1,455        1,129        1,820        2,201        911        989        629        840        1,240        2,576       
        Political science and government 518        495        837        317        1,194        753        1,222        640        741        1,130       
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,297        1,505        1,263        700        610        1,268        2,991        2,008        1,784        1,610       
        Social sciences, not elsewhere classified 1,804        1,080        1,135        1,048        1,602        697        637        1,093        736        847       
      Sciences, not elsewhere classified 1,590        1,711        1,645        3,489        4,691        754        3,982        2,720        1,058        1,477       
    Engineering 60,065        58,804        49,745        54,219        53,718        47,257        41,390        44,867        45,030        44,699       
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0        0        0        0        0        0        27        0        0        0       
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 4,848        1,111        998        65        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Chemical engineering 21,100        21,952        14,492        18,147        17,437        17,241        10,357        14,910        14,503        15,679       
      Civil engineering 13,904        14,209        13,705        15,058        15,413        10,679        12,075        9,021        8,472        8,283       
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 9,787        10,658        11,198        11,881        11,807        11,787        11,505        13,640        14,677        13,683       
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Mechanical engineering 8,152        8,915        8,456        7,521        7,664        7,193        6,996        6,773        6,330        6,808       
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        121       
      Engineering not elsewhere classified 2,274        1,959        896        1,547        1,397        357        430        523        1,048        125       
    Non-S&E 12,637        14,391        19,292        17,645        16,386        20,713        16,719        16,989        18,522        16,568       
      Business management and business administration 1,463        1,550        1,384        2,029        1,112        1,847        1,565        1,047        2,679        1,420       
      Communication and communications technologies 223        124        657        582        458        682        369        600        1,024        990       
      Education 4,014        4,079        9,103        11,399        12,168        9,318        9,266        10,496        12,288        12,402       
      Humanities 1,624        2,507        2,019        2,062        1,611        2,395        3,428        2,035        1,816        1,328       
      Law 39        95        91        105        0        0        0        2        57        4       
      Social work 0        542        0        1        0        0        206        48        0        0       
      Visual and performing arts 348        117        1,483        481        953        779        138        736        658        424       
      Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified 4,926        5,377        4,555        986        84        5,692        1,747        2,025        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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