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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 316,273        320,407        247,693        259,607        203,800        183,268        173,533        179,041        193,054        179,252       
    Science 158,795        163,772        105,198        105,030        85,504        86,950        96,250        105,914        109,921        102,805       
      Computer and information sciences 11,725        13,906        14,744        14,367        15,565        17,675        22,210        27,808        31,816        25,476       
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 5,062        5,322        5,557        5,752        4,722        5,314        6,011        6,711        6,591        6,389       
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Geological and earth sciences 3,355        3,641        4,164        4,240        3,034        2,766        3,116        2,789        2,991        2,480       
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified 1,707        1,681        1,393        1,512        1,688        2,548        2,895        3,922        3,600        3,909       
      Life sciences 86,080        84,619        24,065        23,092        16,142        17,529        16,590        18,238        19,686        20,194       
        Agricultural sciences 41,632        42,734        45        41        7        380        1,274        1,004        1,027        1,665       
        Biological and biomedical sciences 26,252        22,643        17,425        16,939        12,741        13,244        12,315        14,419        15,729        15,517       
        Health sciences 10,025        9,977        6,503        6,020        3,307        3,818        1,384        1,647        2,454        2,830       
        Natural resources and conservation 8,171        9,265        92        92        87        87        0        0        0        0       
        Life sciences, not elsewhere classified 0        0        0        0        0        0        1,617        1,168        476        182       
      Mathematics and statistics 2,938        3,181        3,390        3,372        1,369        928        970        891        602        510       
      Physical sciences 20,809        21,239        25,677        24,307        22,091        17,602        16,497        18,777        18,067        19,486       
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Chemistry 6,532        6,816        7,780        8,481        8,162        8,093        6,942        8,173        7,672        7,892       
        Materials science 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Physics 14,277        14,423        17,897        15,826        13,929        9,509        9,555        10,604        10,395        11,594       
        Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Psychology 4,744        5,465        4,382        4,243        1,595        1,288        1,320        1,397        1,453        1,483       
      Social sciences 10,596        12,171        12,661        12,480        6,924        6,875        7,542        7,702        8,252        7,947       
        Anthropology 2,054        2,466        2,213        2,553        1,354        1,250        0        0        0        0       
        Economics 4,877        6,265        6,723        5,972        3,884        4,244        4,902        5,536        5,263        5,515       
        Political science and government 1,551        1,502        1,600        1,539        1,028        783        647        431        661        354       
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 940        864        864        969        112        95        1,332        974        1,169        1,376       
        Social sciences, not elsewhere classified 1,174        1,074        1,261        1,447        546        503        661        761        1,159        702       
      Sciences, not elsewhere classified 16,841        17,869        14,722        17,417        17,096        19,739        25,110        24,390        23,454        21,320       
    Engineering 128,579        128,542        116,528        128,675        113,852        90,290        70,341        64,557        65,343        62,903       
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 22,796        20,649        19,305        15,697        14,312        13,449        9,498        9,201        9,980        11,442       
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 2,064        2,629        2,584        1,316        1,329        1,289        1,449        1,948        2,183        1,744       
      Chemical engineering 6,997        6,273        6,116        7,377        5,724        5,672        5,487        5,354        4,545        4,589       
      Civil engineering 13,080        12,133        13,773        14,118        12,822        14,150        12,636        10,720        11,317        11,448       
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 19,825        21,008        22,394        20,998        17,351        17,712        14,149        12,655        13,386        9,374       
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 32,467        34,275        27,748        45,973        39,533        14,318        0        0        0        0       
      Mechanical engineering 0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 12,479        13,830        11,752        11,297        11,467        12,377        13,564        11,915        11,942        12,702       
      Engineering not elsewhere classified 18,871        17,745        12,856        11,899        11,314        11,323        13,558        12,764        11,990        11,604       
    Non-S&E 28,899        28,093        25,967        25,902        4,444        6,028        6,942        8,570        17,790        13,544       
      Business management and business administration 9,470        8,215        7,163        6,965        1,799        2,594        2,188        3,086        9,198        7,341       
      Communication and communications technologies 2,466        1,913        1,197        1,347        45        64        274        262        449        372       
      Education 2,905        2,810        2,637        2,608        543        945        1,149        1,026        1,207        1,654       
      Humanities 5,922        5,775        6,009        6,684        1,002        1,030        1,231        1,163        1,433        1,029       
      Law 2,832        3,026        2,510        2,362        25        32        83        127        176        193       
      Social work 1,736        1,760        1,622        991        428        220        514        408        296        279       
      Visual and performing arts 1,994        2,108        2,280        2,409        69        52        65        66        77        49       
      Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified 1,574        2,486        2,549        2,536        533        1,091        1,438        2,432        4,954        2,627       

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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