Data

U. Missouri, Kansas City

Total R&D expenditures, by field: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
  All R&D fields   54,565   52,657   33,855   36,356   31,956   25,136   25,123   26,292   26,595   29,164
    Science   33,643   38,466   22,582   26,344   23,007   18,472   19,492   21,231   23,261   25,863
      Computer and information sciences   1,344   1,075   1,698   1,625   1,456   905   978   760   1,533   1,250
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   388   285   190   308   402   495   582   612   356   179
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   43   66   35   123   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   334   247   117   188   359   429   547   489   356   179
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   51   7   5   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   3   31   68   120   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   27,493   33,588   17,966   20,183   16,974   13,616   14,461   16,378   17,390   19,437
        Agricultural sciences   938   739   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   9,801   6,669   5,265   5,780   5,054   5,819   5,678   7,610   2,008   3,361
        Health sciences   16,546   25,516   12,701   14,403   11,919   7,796   8,783   8,767   14,004   14,244
        Natural resources and conservation   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   207   664   0   0   1   1   0   1   1,378   1,832
      Mathematics and statistics   0   0   3   14   14   230   69   79   125   143
      Physical sciences   1,556   1,277   1,451   1,680   2,026   2,168   2,193   1,925   1,923   2,918
        Astronomy and astrophysics   181   193   128   195   311   219   235   266   0   0
        Chemistry   385   333   353   591   347   312   394   404   386   937
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   956   624   897   894   1,368   1,637   1,564   1,255   1,537   1,981
        Physical sciences nec   34   127   73   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   714   1,359   646   1,064   1,257   458   577   808   1,287   1,599
      Social sciences   508   148   180   907   878   600   632   669   647   337
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   192   60   94   727   602   223   232   212   407   199
        Political science and government   16   17   14   14   18   36   17   22   13   14
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   2   26   11   8   0   16   31   38   61   30
        Social sciences nec   298   45   61   158   258   325   352   397   166   94
      Sciences nec   1,640   734   448   563   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   16,959   12,219   9,174   8,351   7,089   4,385   3,314   2,724   836   589
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   312   42   27   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   34   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Chemical engineering   29   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil engineering   1,312   1,307   1,021   660   797   1,183   800   874   836   589
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   14,189   10,500   7,604   7,400   5,946   2,940   2,127   1,611   0   0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   111   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   734   357   346   291   346   262   387   239   0   0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   238   13   176   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Non-S&E   3,963   1,972   2,099   1,661   1,860   2,279   2,317   2,337   2,498   2,712
      Business management and business administration   1,372   342   0   6   150   283   34   7   30   0
      Communication and communications technologies   10   0   15   10   9   18   4   44   11   4
      Education   919   679   813   976   498   375   313   254   458   221
      Humanities   276   298   220   190   273   233   268   196   429   396
      Law   152   6   3   5   31   53   51   0   0   0
      Social work   3   0   5   0   115   23   39   34   984   1,038
      Visual and performing arts   191   187   77   57   42   65   21   33   18   7
      Non-S&E nec   1,040   460   966   417   742   1,229   1,587   1,769   568   1,046

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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