Data

U. Rhode Island

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   144,013   129,102   129,296   109,967   115,160   104,490   101,871   97,900   93,828   91,706
    Science   119,228   103,258   109,500   91,877   96,797   90,361   87,555   84,013   80,250   78,692
      Computer and information sciences   2,484   743   439   523   687   783   703   636   399   432
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   61,366   54,685   52,469   42,634   50,513   47,018   49,241   43,504   40,356   38,351
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   17   11   0   0   47   58   169   261   418   164
        Geological and earth sciences   10,374   11,031   11,501   13,990   16,292   16,484   14,903   11,415   9,712   8,050
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   38,572   34,107   32,011   19,534   27,245   27,351   29,939   28,029   26,822   26,862
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   12,403   9,536   8,957   9,110   6,929   3,125   4,230   3,799   3,404   3,275
      Life sciences   36,874   29,670   28,984   27,699   24,563   24,101   22,192   23,299   21,362   20,603
        Agricultural sciences   5,436   3,465   4,209   3,400   2,546   1,904   1,740   1,556   1,840   778
        Biological and biomedical sciences   22,967   15,848   17,614   18,161   13,997   9,141   6,667   8,640   4,392   6,027
        Health sciences   2   5,359   3,849   2,397   2,944   2,714   4,076   2,314   8,125   8,060
        Natural resources and conservation   0   775   2   0   0   5   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   8,469   4,223   3,310   3,741   5,076   10,337   9,709   10,789   7,005   5,738
      Mathematics and statistics   57   0   5   0   0   0   0   0   64   0
      Physical sciences   6,026   4,119   3,328   3,869   3,194   3,713   3,764   4,891   5,723   3,989
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   3,553   2,246   1,957   2,081   2,020   2,469   2,726   4,181   5,014   3,397
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   421   102   20   100   95   104   52   145   202   522
        Physical sciences nec   2,052   1,771   1,351   1,688   1,079   1,140   986   565   507   70
      Psychology   3,779   3,552   3,222   2,059   1,483   2,030   1,507   1,502   1,572   1,495
      Social sciences   4,447   2,746   1,417   2,377   2,432   3,204   2,605   2,753   4,636   4,498
        Anthropology   0   0   3   0   530   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   965   388   565   937   168   836   757   354   67   19
        Political science and government   587   69   85   92   136   110   86   51   90   158
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   0   287   0   24   82   204   272   196   71   17
        Social sciences nec   2,895   2,002   764   1,324   1,516   2,054   1,490   2,152   4,408   4,304
      Sciences nec   4,195   7,743   19,636   12,716   13,925   9,512   7,543   7,428   6,138   9,324
    Engineering   14,637   11,931   10,766   10,182   10,632   7,910   7,642   6,549   5,889   5,701
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   674   650   510   319   318   575   297   43   71   21
      Chemical engineering   1,907   2,146   1,539   2,052   1,165   514   485   966   1,122   1,781
      Civil engineering   1,624   1,244   1,195   1,369   2,355   1,080   1,279   1,431   1,247   763
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   2,417   2,481   1,793   1,228   1,518   1,122   964   1,369   1,293   1,097
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   3,772   1,937   2,026   1,808   1,371   1,227   1,669   1,013   886   1,090
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   17   9   40   0   0   4   10   4   0   0
      Engineering nec   4,226   3,464   3,663   3,406   3,905   3,387   2,938   1,723   1,270   949
    Non-S&E   10,148   13,913   9,030   7,908   7,731   6,219   6,674   7,338   7,689   7,313
      Business management and business administration   1,816   1,364   2,271   1,001   207   381   276   1,075   1,428   65
      Communication and communications technologies   1,885   613   481   1,438   1,433   491   646   611   261   260
      Education   3,185   1,504   1,287   2,289   2,809   1,672   1,815   1,652   2,241   2,844
      Humanities   737   597   609   88   999   844   741   122   232   53
      Law   391   145   13   2   162   165   70   23   0   0
      Social work   790   819   3   0   0   0   0   14   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   0   132   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   4
      Non-S&E nec   1,344   8,739   4,366   3,090   2,121   2,666   3,126   3,841   3,527   4,087

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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