Data

U. Wisconsin-Madison

Total R&D expenditures, by source of funds and R&D field: 2023
(Dollars in thousands)
Field All R&D expenditures Federal government State and local government Institution funds Business Nonprofit organizations All other sources
  All R&D fields   1,731,949   816,814   125,524   542,782   46,133   153,068   47,628
    Science   1,444,613   699,107   104,549   442,956   41,914   119,907   36,180
      Computer and information sciences   38,571   21,627   1,297   5,745   1,191   7,717   994
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   77,933   44,661   6,781   21,696   246   3,122   1,427
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   46,930   31,905   2,428   11,739   90   476   292
        Geological and earth sciences   18,251   7,341   3,264   6,163   0   1,316   167
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   12,752   5,415   1,089   3,794   156   1,330   968
      Life sciences   1,058,529   484,792   79,724   353,636   35,972   77,079   27,326
        Agricultural sciences   144,969   55,114   20,473   48,373   4,147   14,268   2,594
        Biological and biomedical sciences   347,583   206,133   23,974   76,299   7,742   29,332   4,103
        Health sciences   560,021   223,386   32,700   225,987   24,083   33,271   20,594
        Natural resources and conservation   1,009   86   207   508   0   208   0
        Life sciences nec   4,947   73   2,370   2,469   0   0   35
      Mathematics and statistics   8,838   5,225   347   1,616   0   1,588   62
      Physical sciences   113,636   73,094   3,628   21,929   2,153   10,009   2,823
        Astronomy and astrophysics   6,804   2,731   478   1,901   0   1,565   129
        Chemistry   39,292   23,545   1,795   7,779   1,353   3,740   1,080
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   41,543   27,280   871   8,679   800   3,847   66
        Physical sciences nec   25,997   19,538   484   3,570   0   857   1,548
      Psychology   13,198   5,201   877   3,377   10   3,665   68
      Social sciences   75,982   30,209   7,680   23,906   298   12,706   1,183
        Anthropology   1,287   30   198   500   0   532   27
        Economics   9,665   1,698   2,012   4,393   0   1,542   20
        Political science and government   7,602   1,109   1,095   3,284   52   1,780   282
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   8,975   2,512   930   2,651   0   2,655   227
        Social sciences nec   48,453   24,860   3,445   13,078   246   6,197   627
      Sciences nec   57,926   34,298   4,215   11,051   2,044   4,021   2,297
    Engineering   171,445   93,870   9,973   43,586   3,654   13,186   7,176
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   16,300   5,381   2,289   5,700   504   2,170   256
      Chemical engineering   18,535   11,182   141   4,874   53   1,712   573
      Civil engineering   16,818   6,924   2,862   5,349   196   1,041   446
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   24,312   14,571   283   5,311   1,059   1,976   1,112
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   6,560   3,563   124   1,558   644   467   204
      Mechanical engineering   23,196   15,561   235   3,844   680   1,759   1,117
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   13,459   7,150   239   3,843   69   2,115   43
      Engineering nec   52,265   29,538   3,800   13,107   449   1,946   3,425
    Non-S&E   115,891   23,837   11,002   56,240   565   19,975   4,272
      Business management and business administration   13,381   0   161   9,903   0   2,001   1,316
      Communication and communications technologies   8,154   1,608   1,066   2,999   8   2,037   436
      Education   39,358   19,805   1,560   13,345   411   4,023   214
      Humanities   19,710   1,276   3,161   9,075   0   5,663   535
      Law   6,555   204   772   3,599   0   1,010   970
      Social work   951   21   141   430   13   300   46
      Visual and performing arts   3,153   0   73   1,222   0   1,707   151
      Non-S&E nec   24,629   923   4,068   15,667   133   3,234   604

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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