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Total R&D expenditures, by source of funds and R&D field: 2021
(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 542,045        216,733        60,571        220,645        32,964        5,050        6,082       
    Science 284,517        106,211        48,023        117,030        8,202        3,281        1,770       
      Computer and information sciences 25,466        8,484        5,199        11,105        442        88        148       
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 3,534        1,732        117        1,482        13        74        116       
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 185        145        0        40        0        0        0       
        Geological and earth sciences 3,349        1,587        117        1,442        13        74        116       
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified 0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Life sciences 207,204        72,611        40,936        83,207        6,550        2,650        1,250       
        Agricultural sciences 80,513        21,982        22,281        31,712        2,900        1,031        607       
        Biological and biomedical sciences 46,515        18,558        5,595        20,855        555        779        173       
        Health sciences 51,942        21,979        6,193        21,406        1,923        402        39       
        Natural resources and conservation 26,106        9,772        5,829        8,586        1,050        438        431       
        Life sciences, not elsewhere classified 2,128        320        1,038        648        122        0        0       
      Mathematics and statistics 8,107        4,368        99        3,323        209        14        94       
      Physical sciences 24,374        13,944        79        9,733        469        123        26       
        Astronomy and astrophysics 130        97        0        33        0        0        0       
        Chemistry 14,389        8,643        27        5,174        415        120        10       
        Materials science 1,184        0        0        1,184        0        0        0       
        Physics 7,913        5,196        52        2,608        54        3        0       
        Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified 758        8        0        734        0        0        16       
      Psychology 4,169        1,868        0        1,843        332        108        18       
      Social sciences 11,574        3,156        1,593        6,318        165        224        118       
        Anthropology 0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
        Economics 5,176        1,836        1,323        1,989        12        10        6       
        Political science and government 302        183        0        117        0        2        0       
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 2,391        572        0        1,758        1        60        0       
        Social sciences, not elsewhere classified 3,705        565        270        2,454        152        152        112       
      Sciences, not elsewhere classified 89        48        0        19        22        0        0       
    Engineering 246,965        108,080        12,338        96,589        24,073        1,594        4,291       
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 20,824        9,620        559        6,356        4,169        0        120       
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 20,998        9,004        1,053        9,011        1,325        347        258       
      Chemical engineering 4,473        2,021        27        1,763        343        297        22       
      Civil engineering 29,264        8,934        6,008        11,859        1,746        253        464       
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 56,194        29,619        1,781        19,208        4,883        66        637       
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 30,945        10,983        1,181        12,483        5,744        110        444       
      Mechanical engineering 24,718        10,804        102        9,438        3,759        101        514       
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 17,397        10,529        0        6,304        79        313        172       
      Engineering not elsewhere classified 42,152        16,566        1,627        20,167        2,025        107        1,660       
    Non-S&E 10,563        2,442        210        7,026        689        175        21       
      Business management and business administration 3,748        227        144        3,327        37        2        11       
      Communication and communications technologies 445        226        57        114        0        38        10       
      Education 1,992        935        0        989        0        68        0       
      Humanities 534        114        0        391        12        17        0       
      Law 0        0        0        0        0        0        0       
      Social work 72        0        0        23        0        49        0       
      Visual and performing arts 413        13        0        400        0        0        0       
      Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified 3,359        927        9        1,782        640        1        0       

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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