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U. South Carolina, Columbia

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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 215,374        219,464        205,940        206,355        208,670        209,271        208,736        206,173        203,365        214,901       
    Science 132,219        145,105        104,685        114,445        149,234        150,250        148,183        147,232        145,043        148,994       
      Computer and information sciences 3,311        4,809        2,436        2,376        2,184        1,227        1,227        898        890        2,944       
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 9,609        8,374        988        1,781        3,389        5,000        4,289        7,394        7,350        13,649       
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        958       
        Geological and earth sciences 900        233        0        0        3,313        4,995        4,282        7,386        7,340        12,691       
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 8,709        8,141        988        1,604        12        5        7        8        10        0       
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified 0        0        0        177        64        0        0        0        0        0       
      Life sciences 84,069        98,789        70,689        77,248        99,356        112,848        111,133        106,051        106,214        102,242       
        Agricultural sciences 0        0        0        0        6,408        4,050        4,149        4,612        4,613        5,523       
        Biological and biomedical sciences 14,237        18,374        13,120        12,482        12,560        35,866        34,882        35,346        37,005        36,831       
        Health sciences 69,832        80,412        52,099        57,608        60,213        65,311        64,487        59,450        57,958        51,570       
        Natural resources and conservation 0        3        5,470        7,158        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Life sciences, not elsewhere classified 0        0        0        0        20,175        7,621        7,615        6,643        6,638        8,318       
      Mathematics and statistics 1,558        1,817        2,100        2,131        1,939        2,353        2,236        4,557        4,572        2,734       
      Physical sciences 6,928        4,651        7,007        7,025        12,942        14,476        15,023        14,216        12,180        11,501       
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Chemistry 2,682        1,205        1,394        1,723        8,779        10,090        10,748        10,055        8,017        6,704       
        Materials science 0        0        479        410        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Physics 3,050        2,806        2,203        2,941        3,132        4,386        4,275        4,161        4,163        4,797       
        Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified 1,196        640        2,931        1,951        1,031        0        0        0        0        0       
      Psychology 8,759        9,768        8,025        8,643        8,125        7,646        7,634        7,358        7,358        7,467       
      Social sciences 17,831        16,626        13,440        15,241        19,922        4,684        4,623        6,512        6,241        8,457       
        Anthropology 3,271        4,826        4,061        1,813        2,887        0        0        0        0        0       
        Economics 0        0        391        2,748        15,040        429        449        474        372        488       
        Political science and government 1,483        699        164        760        813        203        209        380        371        708       
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 8,833        6,714        5,741        1,714        536        1,783        1,686        1,807        1,814        4,021       
        Social sciences, not elsewhere classified 4,244        4,387        3,083        8,206        646        2,269        2,279        3,851        3,684        3,240       
      Sciences, not elsewhere classified 154        271        0        0        1,377        2,016        2,018        246        238        0       
    Engineering 36,223        42,804        31,748        31,294        30,893        33,228        33,559        34,131        33,757        37,565       
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 165        243        0        0        645        0        0        0        0        0       
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Chemical engineering 6,080        7,329        6,061        7,240        7,555        6,590        6,799        6,519        6,479        9,478       
      Civil engineering 3,122        3,523        2,234        1,853        2,833        2,411        2,416        2,918        2,914        3,316       
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 12,670        4,944        5,209        4,630        3,730        7,018        7,124        7,549        7,351        6,206       
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Mechanical engineering 9,653        18,846        18,244        17,498        16,130        10,096        10,083        9,777        9,649        11,125       
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Engineering not elsewhere classified 4,533        7,919        0        73        0        7,113        7,137        7,368        7,364        7,440       
    Non-S&E 46,932        31,555        69,507        60,616        28,543        25,793        26,994        24,810        24,565        28,342       
      Business management and business administration 12,546        1,845        1,795        834        1,654        1,337        1,482        1,282        1,086        1,509       
      Communication and communications technologies 109        179        26,989        24,685        464        333        330        506        517        1,282       
      Education 5,275        2,284        17,141        14,473        2,718        17,305        18,310        17,832        17,882        18,969       
      Humanities 6,482        762        396        659        1,367        1,985        1,980        1,836        1,745        2,958       
      Law 584        304        0        0        92        0        0        0        0        7       
      Social work 5,480        7,509        4,574        4,570        10,859        4,586        4,691        3,162        3,149        3,101       
      Visual and performing arts 3,264        556        0        83        310        36        48        41        42        0       
      Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified 13,192        18,116        18,612        15,312        11,079        211        153        151        144        516       

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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