Data

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U.

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   598,113   282,152   78,279   179,590   35,761   13,021   9,310
    Science   311,809   138,464   60,366   95,777   7,538   6,074   3,590
      Computer and information sciences   30,263   14,280   5,820   8,449   1,102   512   100
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   6,047   3,961   343   1,367   0   85   291
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   140   123   0   17   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   5,696   3,704   343   1,303   0   75   271
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   36   6   0   30   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   175   128   0   17   0   10   20
      Life sciences   221,029   89,893   51,723   67,770   4,491   4,520   2,632
        Agricultural sciences   84,682   25,457   28,753   25,216   2,664   1,908   684
        Biological and biomedical sciences   45,172   25,110   7,169   10,508   526   1,059   800
        Health sciences   51,779   25,649   6,631   18,183   352   681   283
        Natural resources and conservation   28,412   12,255   7,083   6,516   946   768   844
        Life sciences nec   10,984   1,422   2,087   7,347   3   104   21
      Mathematics and statistics   12,051   6,803   146   3,965   921   105   111
      Physical sciences   22,452   15,624   22   6,013   546   193   54
        Astronomy and astrophysics   394   310   0   39   0   44   1
        Chemistry   13,571   9,822   0   3,089   505   120   35
        Materials science   1,448   360   0   1,085   0   0   3
        Physics   6,660   5,006   22   1,548   41   29   14
        Physical sciences nec   379   126   0   252   0   0   1
      Psychology   6,359   3,775   0   1,837   338   220   189
      Social sciences   13,608   4,128   2,312   6,376   140   439   213
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   6,332   2,572   1,843   1,529   93   212   83
        Political science and government   507   23   327   115   0   41   1
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   3,054   1,236   0   1,755   0   28   35
        Social sciences nec   3,715   297   142   2,977   47   158   94
      Sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   261,707   128,941   17,817   75,591   27,100   6,831   5,427
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   23,321   13,103   940   4,602   3,744   182   750
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   33,666   17,105   3,484   9,372   2,466   673   566
      Chemical engineering   6,407   3,914   0   1,884   519   48   42
      Civil engineering   36,974   16,742   6,936   9,145   1,038   2,332   781
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   61,525   35,043   2,335   16,035   5,813   1,767   532
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   35,838   17,067   1,497   9,761   5,488   645   1,380
      Mechanical engineering   25,011   12,892   102   6,009   4,611   758   639
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   11,824   7,248   39   3,646   314   425   152
      Engineering nec   27,141   5,827   2,484   15,137   3,107   1   585
    Non-S&E   24,597   14,747   96   8,222   1,123   116   293
      Business management and business administration   4,983   223   0   4,579   1   0   180
      Communication and communications technologies   103   86   7   10   0   0   0
      Education   2,639   1,443   40   1,007   0   80   69
      Humanities   306   73   0   185   0   14   34
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   743   0   0   742   0   0   1
      Non-S&E nec   15,823   12,922   49   1,699   1,122   22   9

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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