Data

U. North Carolina, General Administration

Total R&D expenditures, by field: 2022–13
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
  All R&D fields   3,522   4,024   3,942   4,154   4,843   3,721   4,137   4,197   1,200   183
    Science   1,153   1,737   1,465   1,915   2,468   1,408   1,626   2,272   1,109   110
      Computer and information sciences   903   1,192   1,168   723   718   550   567   1,607   130   37
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   0   0   0   100   97   214   0   20   0   0
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   0   0   0   0   97   0   0   0   0   0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   100   0   214   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   20   0   0
      Life sciences   250   534   222   311   128   463   948   508   934   37
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   75   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   250   522   0   263   45   400   621   508   0   0
        Health sciences   0   0   0   24   0   63   74   0   0   0
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   73   0   0   0   1   0   0   0
        Life sciences, not elsewhere classified   0   12   74   24   83   0   252   0   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   0   0   75   632   1,452   0   0   68   45   36
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   0   0   0   632   1,452   0   0   0   0   0
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   68   0   0
        Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified   0   0   75   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   0   11   0   0   0   0   16   0   0   0
      Social sciences   0   0   0   0   73   0   0   7   0   0
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   7   0   0
        Political science and government   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Social sciences, not elsewhere classified   0   0   0   0   73   0   0   0   0   0
      Sciences, not elsewhere classified   0   0   0   149   0   181   95   62   0   0
    Engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   91   73
    Engineering   2,232   2,068   2,467   2,239   2,311   2,313   2,511   1,925   91   73
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   17   0   0   0   25   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   531   731   583   1,084   933   610   725   135   0   0
      Chemical engineering   742   493   737   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   508   295   544   536   729   278   55   200   0   0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   384   549   0   76   24   0   16   0   0   0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   595   543   600   1,011   1,026   1,490   0   0
      Engineering not elsewhere classified   50   0   8   0   0   414   689   100   0   0
    Non-S&E   137   219   10   0   64   0   0   0   0   0
      Business management and business administration   0   18   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Communication and communications technologies   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Education   0   22   0   0   29   0   0   0   0   0
      Humanities   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified   137   179   7   0   35   0   0   0   0   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