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U. Nevada, Las Vegas

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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 101,009        105,872        99,445        83,800        66,285        62,825        42,000        39,448        35,935        34,543       
    Science 63,448        64,877        58,041        46,519        41,055        36,359        25,599        27,643        28,672        27,954       
      Computer and information sciences 1,015        1,077        1,662        1,782        1,772        1,705        1,156        546        604        1,520       
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 6,082        6,342        4,526        4,253        4,280        2,541        4,254        8,504        11,071        9,723       
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 394        188        35        18        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Geological and earth sciences 5,400        5,458        4,418        4,235        4,280        2,536        2,021        6,187        9,069        7,674       
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified 288        696        73        0        0        5        2,233        2,317        2,002        2,049       
      Life sciences 32,306        34,733        31,434        22,193        17,404        15,916        9,951        7,668        7,374        6,669       
        Agricultural sciences 212        65        32        21        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Biological and biomedical sciences 12,969        12,763        10,027        7,898        2,597        2,508        3,352        3,350        4,659        4,428       
        Health sciences 18,321        21,019        20,056        12,751        14,550        12,125        201        118        84        64       
        Natural resources and conservation 234        208        162        28        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Life sciences, not elsewhere classified 570        678        1,157        1,495        257        1,283        6,398        4,200        2,631        2,177       
      Mathematics and statistics 2,624        2,347        1,471        1,550        154        607        26        10        29        112       
      Physical sciences 10,589        9,692        9,099        9,520        8,772        9,343        6,745        6,778        5,879        6,103       
        Astronomy and astrophysics 160        263        209        27        0        5        0        0        0        0       
        Chemistry 5,482        5,140        4,910        4,491        4,048        5,153        3,706        2,831        2,497        1,994       
        Materials science 0        4        79        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Physics 4,851        3,807        3,765        4,989        4,724        4,185        3,037        3,947        3,382        4,109       
        Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified 96        478        136        13        0        0        2        0        0        0       
      Psychology 3,738        3,767        2,982        1,528        2,707        1,710        957        1,167        725        531       
      Social sciences 6,536        6,306        6,344        4,149        5,966        4,537        2,510        2,967        2,990        3,296       
        Anthropology 910        951        857        1,260        771        617        0        0        0        0       
        Economics 2,663        2,127        2,144        536        2,579        1,157        100        118        89        0       
        Political science and government 838        798        686        613        607        678        48        0        19        271       
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 790        791        770        839        833        1,161        247        274        292        98       
        Social sciences, not elsewhere classified 1,335        1,639        1,887        901        1,176        924        2,115        2,575        2,590        2,927       
      Sciences, not elsewhere classified 558        613        523        1,544        0        0        0        3        0        0       
    Engineering 10,667        12,729        15,736        16,192        12,018        13,046        13,965        10,586        5,627        5,176       
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0        0        361        433        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 104        82        83        159        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Chemical engineering 0        0        0        146        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Civil engineering 4,307        4,499        5,323        4,669        2,824        3,747        4,244        4,131        2,026        1,180       
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 1,914        1,442        2,392        2,171        2,118        2,025        1,317        1,265        1,366        1,316       
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Mechanical engineering 3,192        4,406        4,819        6,889        6,278        6,407        6,868        4,318        1,855        2,573       
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0        3        115        8        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Engineering not elsewhere classified 1,150        2,297        2,643        1,717        798        867        1,536        872        380        107       
    Non-S&E 26,894        28,266        25,668        21,089        13,212        13,420        2,436        1,219        1,636        1,413       
      Business management and business administration 6,388        6,387        5,133        3,467        3,161        3,756        1,205        534        867        649       
      Communication and communications technologies 907        1,067        897        592        328        327        168        82        33        108       
      Education 4,818        4,710        4,137        6,397        3,737        3,115        731        511        642        574       
      Humanities 3,722        3,673        3,385        2,809        2,630        2,183        63        56        23        45       
      Law 3,143        3,411        4,247        679        0        49        106        15        0        0       
      Social work 377        578        527        344        2,624        3,161        27        5        26        37       
      Visual and performing arts 3,111        3,149        2,980        2,343        4        212        0        7        23        0       
      Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified 4,428        5,291        4,362        4,458        728        617        136        9        22        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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