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U. Massachusetts, Lowell

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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 94,708        92,216        83,996        72,266        69,677        68,494        70,384        64,591        63,136        60,624       
    Science 50,972        49,499        43,642        37,384        40,313        41,009        41,234        39,055        36,229        35,907       
      Computer and information sciences 7,420        7,153        7,481        5,746        6,458        5,581        4,178        4,313        4,118        3,327       
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 2,614        2,177        1,977        1,938        787        469        472        417        492        384       
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 1,140        1,038        938        714        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Geological and earth sciences 1,474        1,139        1,039        1,224        787        469        472        413        492        384       
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        4        0        0       
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Life sciences 12,821        12,056        8,730        9,600        13,892        14,861        14,770        13,201        12,408        11,645       
        Agricultural sciences 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Biological and biomedical sciences 5,652        5,523        5,331        4,533        3,420        1,633        1,896        1,837        1,470        1,999       
        Health sciences 6,255        5,198        2,942        3,551        19        240        125        113        47        0       
        Natural resources and conservation 264        725        457        233        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Life sciences, not elsewhere classified 650        610        0        1,283        10,453        12,988        12,749        11,251        10,891        9,646       
      Mathematics and statistics 754        663        636        972        629        410        311        449        556        384       
      Physical sciences 18,308        19,144        17,976        14,184        13,425        13,841        15,085        15,373        14,194        14,563       
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Chemistry 5,555        4,475        4,105        3,948        2,671        3,341        4,550        4,265        3,497        3,466       
        Materials science 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Physics 12,753        14,669        13,871        10,236        10,754        10,500        10,535        11,108        10,697        11,097       
        Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Psychology 1,743        1,746        1,719        1,575        1,060        1,307        1,337        1,220        1,006        440       
      Social sciences 6,915        5,924        4,635        2,809        4,062        4,540        5,069        4,082        3,353        3,752       
        Anthropology 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Economics 246        237        220        212        367        846        606        621        827        704       
        Political science and government 404        371        371        320        402        415        285        297        363        65       
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 3,133        2,510        1,953        949        511        391        312        319        275        211       
        Social sciences, not elsewhere classified 3,132        2,806        2,091        1,328        2,782        2,888        3,866        2,845        1,888        2,772       
      Sciences, not elsewhere classified 397        636        488        560        0        0        12        0        102        1,412       
    Engineering 36,339        35,847        33,128        27,676        20,422        17,428        16,201        13,540        15,236        18,073       
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 4,868        3,078        4,701        4,240        0        0        0        0        0        415       
      Chemical engineering 11,404        12,982        10,292        8,147        6,742        6,515        6,131        5,155        7,346        7,913       
      Civil engineering 2,285        2,457        2,318        1,049        1,392        785        1,179        1,328        1,971        1,350       
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 7,110        7,443        6,714        7,493        6,864        5,621        4,688        2,940        3,397        3,675       
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Mechanical engineering 10,323        7,714        6,649        6,291        5,226        3,965        3,378        2,232        2,388        2,662       
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        484        0        0       
      Engineering not elsewhere classified 349        2,173        2,454        456        198        542        825        1,401        134        2,058       
    Non-S&E 7,397        6,870        7,226        7,206        8,942        10,057        12,949        11,996        11,671        6,644       
      Business management and business administration 3,276        2,273        2,397        2,493        642        643        1,019        1,846        1,837        1,559       
      Communication and communications technologies 0        0        0        0        0        0        108        23        26        28       
      Education 1,921        2,106        2,084        1,634        1,178        1,555        3,034        3,264        1,853        1,480       
      Humanities 1,673        1,772        1,739        1,637        1,021        988        1,237        684        731        542       
      Law 0        0        0        4        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Social work 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Visual and performing arts 471        542        599        536        720        792        540        494        236        32       
      Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified 56        177        407        902        5,381        6,079        7,011        5,685        6,988        3,003       

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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