Data

U. North Carolina, The, Chapel Hill

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   1,549,617   1,361,028   1,205,883   1,159,725   1,153,773   1,136,158   1,102,063   1,045,338   966,781   989,766
    Science   1,426,447   1,265,369   1,129,589   1,085,002   1,081,829   1,065,554   1,031,603   983,552   934,238   950,587
      Computer and information sciences   41,385   39,486   32,344   26,765   23,146   18,483   14,473   15,988   17,225   23,145
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   34,095   23,339   16,879   19,242   16,922   19,136   19,991   17,709   28,972   33,132
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   6,770   5,419   5,690   7,973   5,523   6,471   8,167   7,920   19,064   20,331
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   20,908   12,356   6,294   6,765   7,370   7,355   7,743   7,614   7,771   10,498
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   6,417   5,564   4,895   4,504   4,029   5,310   4,081   2,175   2,137   2,303
      Life sciences   1,141,727   1,020,666   925,380   868,276   846,630   826,287   798,649   765,284   716,708   714,830
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   231,074   222,099   191,773   167,907   165,804   157,615   164,272   157,817   216,193   238,994
        Health sciences   910,610   798,512   733,607   700,352   680,788   668,660   634,348   607,445   355,936   355,403
        Natural resources and conservation   43   55   0   17   38   12   29   22   0   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   144,579   120,433
      Mathematics and statistics   4,894   5,464   5,489   6,729   3,049   3,186   4,369   3,552   8,017   7,642
      Physical sciences   51,933   49,368   38,809   39,979   37,055   35,118   33,807   35,524   27,727   30,012
        Astronomy and astrophysics   1,552   1,923   796   613   444   466   658   723   0   0
        Chemistry   30,227   31,221   23,102   22,546   24,143   22,770   22,182   23,485   19,397   22,234
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   11,851   10,374   10,003   10,472   8,412   8,318   7,864   10,357   8,330   7,778
        Physical sciences nec   8,303   5,850   4,908   6,348   4,056   3,564   3,103   959   0   0
      Psychology   56,582   49,297   43,348   41,741   46,808   48,298   52,050   51,044   46,707   46,869
      Social sciences   95,692   77,515   67,325   82,154   108,095   114,814   108,178   94,310   88,667   94,306
        Anthropology   528   365   199   534   355   287   353   113   0   0
        Economics   1,403   309   214   368   534   623   572   595   573   203
        Political science and government   8,179   5,653   2,912   2,760   3,622   3,689   3,579   3,358   5,078   4,944
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   69,270   60,260   52,687   66,550   90,769   95,235   87,292   74,880   69,202   74,239
        Social sciences nec   16,312   10,928   11,313   11,942   12,815   14,980   16,382   15,364   13,814   14,920
      Sciences nec   139   234   15   116   124   232   86   141   215   651
    Engineering   49,721   39,242   30,935   30,774   31,825   28,509   29,932   29,576   5,014   5,014
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   1,998   0   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   17,947   12,488   10,633   9,572   9,342   6,453   7,399   6,827   4,416   4,492
      Chemical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil engineering   27,603   25,656   19,091   19,618   18,637   16,513   17,880   18,262   0   0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   2,173   1,098   1,211   1,584   3,846   5,543   4,651   4,487   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   598   522
    Non-S&E   73,449   56,417   45,359   43,949   40,119   42,095   40,528   32,210   27,529   34,165
      Business management and business administration   3,237   2,381   1,919   2,554   1,723   2,476   2,181   2,143   1,941   2,883
      Communication and communications technologies   2,315   1,637   1,600   1,998   2,046   2,063   1,753   1,089   3,237   3,662
      Education   18,326   13,233   12,734   12,874   9,391   8,581   9,599   6,049   376   413
      Humanities   6,323   4,259   3,055   2,943   3,718   4,524   6,569   4,409   5,367   6,786
      Law   207   248   351   302   232   803   963   530   608   498
      Social work   19,167   18,958   15,476   13,796   14,966   15,513   12,995   10,552   5,891   10,696
      Visual and performing arts   1,867   4,515   1,336   1,700   1,255   1,845   1,172   2,424   2,084   2,128
      Non-S&E nec   22,007   11,186   8,888   7,782   6,788   6,290   5,296   5,014   8,025   7,099

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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