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U. Rhode Island

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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 129,296        109,967        115,160        104,490        101,871        97,900        93,828        91,706        101,898        114,323       
    Science 109,500        91,877        96,797        90,361        87,555        84,013        80,250        78,692        87,431        90,491       
      Computer and information sciences 439        523        687        783        703        636        399        432        386        645       
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 52,469        42,634        50,513        47,018        49,241        43,504        40,356        38,351        43,736        44,786       
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0        0        47        58        169        261        418        164        192        290       
        Geological and earth sciences 11,501        13,990        16,292        16,484        14,903        11,415        9,712        8,050        10,595        10,620       
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 32,011        19,534        27,245        27,351        29,939        28,029        26,822        26,862        30,996        32,618       
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified 8,957        9,110        6,929        3,125        4,230        3,799        3,404        3,275        1,953        1,258       
      Life sciences 28,984        27,699        24,563        24,101        22,192        23,299        21,362        20,603        18,284        24,000       
        Agricultural sciences 4,209        3,400        2,546        1,904        1,740        1,556        1,840        778        1,437        3,349       
        Biological and biomedical sciences 17,614        18,161        13,997        9,141        6,667        8,640        4,392        6,027        5,211        4,355       
        Health sciences 3,849        2,397        2,944        2,714        4,076        2,314        8,125        8,060        9,747        14,040       
        Natural resources and conservation 2        0        0        5        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Life sciences, not elsewhere classified 3,310        3,741        5,076        10,337        9,709        10,789        7,005        5,738        1,889        2,256       
      Mathematics and statistics 5        0        0        0        0        0        64        0        0        1       
      Physical sciences 3,328        3,869        3,194        3,713        3,764        4,891        5,723        3,989        6,852        6,783       
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Chemistry 1,957        2,081        2,020        2,469        2,726        4,181        5,014        3,397        4,301        5,362       
        Materials science 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Physics 20        100        95        104        52        145        202        522        408        926       
        Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified 1,351        1,688        1,079        1,140        986        565        507        70        2,143        495       
      Psychology 3,222        2,059        1,483        2,030        1,507        1,502        1,572        1,495        2,204        1,647       
      Social sciences 1,417        2,377        2,432        3,204        2,605        2,753        4,636        4,498        3,942        1,230       
        Anthropology 3        0        530        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Economics 565        937        168        836        757        354        67        19        11        0       
        Political science and government 85        92        136        110        86        51        90        158        0        204       
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 0        24        82        204        272        196        71        17        275        0       
        Social sciences, not elsewhere classified 764        1,324        1,516        2,054        1,490        2,152        4,408        4,304        3,656        1,026       
      Sciences, not elsewhere classified 19,636        12,716        13,925        9,512        7,543        7,428        6,138        9,324        12,027        11,399       
    Engineering 10,766        10,182        10,632        7,910        7,642        6,549        5,889        5,701        6,950        7,354       
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        55        270       
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 510        319        318        575        297        43        71        21        79        39       
      Chemical engineering 1,539        2,052        1,165        514        485        966        1,122        1,781        1,734        2,370       
      Civil engineering 1,195        1,369        2,355        1,080        1,279        1,431        1,247        763        497        270       
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 1,793        1,228        1,518        1,122        964        1,369        1,293        1,097        2,071        1,984       
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0        0        0        1        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Mechanical engineering 2,026        1,808        1,371        1,227        1,669        1,013        886        1,090        1,545        1,690       
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 40        0        0        4        10        4        0        0        0        0       
      Engineering not elsewhere classified 3,663        3,406        3,905        3,387        2,938        1,723        1,270        949        969        731       
    Non-S&E 9,030        7,908        7,731        6,219        6,674        7,338        7,689        7,313        7,517        16,478       
      Business management and business administration 2,271        1,001        207        381        276        1,075        1,428        65        0        10       
      Communication and communications technologies 481        1,438        1,433        491        646        611        261        260        0        0       
      Education 1,287        2,289        2,809        1,672        1,815        1,652        2,241        2,844        2,574        9,848       
      Humanities 609        88        999        844        741        122        232        53        62        59       
      Law 13        2        162        165        70        23        0        0        0        0       
      Social work 3        0        0        0        0        14        0        0        0        269       
      Visual and performing arts 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        4        0        0       
      Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified 4,366        3,090        2,121        2,666        3,126        3,841        3,527        4,087        4,881        6,292       

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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