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Academic Research and Development

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URD-1 Report Federal agency support of academic R&D spending: FYs 2012, 2017, and 2021 View Table URD-1
URD-2 Report Top 30 institutions, ranked by R&D expenditures: FYs 2001, 2011, and 2021 View Table URD-2
SURD-1 Supplemental S&E doctorate holders employed in academia, by type of position and degree field: 2003–21 View Table SURD-1
SURD-2 Supplemental S&E doctorate holders employed in academia, by research priority, type of position, and degree field: 2003–21 View Table SURD-2
SURD-3 Supplemental S&E doctorate holders employed in academia with federal support, by degree field, research activity, and type of position: 2021 View Table SURD-3
SURD-4 Supplemental S&E doctorate holders employed in academia, by type of position, sex, and degree field: 2003–21 View Table SURD-4
SURD-5 Supplemental S&E doctorate holders employed in academia, by type of position, race or ethnicity, and degree field: 2006–21 View Table SURD-5
SURD-6 Supplemental Primary source of support for U.S. citizen and permanent resident S&E doctorate recipients, by race, ethnicity, sex, and historical broad field: 2017–21 View Table SURD-6

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Figure URD-1 Academic R&D as a percentage of U.S. R&D, by type of R&D: 1953–2021 National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics National Patterns of R&D Resources
Figure URD-2 Federally funded academic R&D as a share of U.S. federally funded R&D, by type of R&D: 1953–2021 National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics National Patterns of R&D Resources
Figure URD-3 Higher education R&D expenditures as a percentage of gross domestic product for selected regions, countries, or economies: 2012–21 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Main Science and Technology Indicators
Figure URD-4 Academic R&D expenditures, by source of funds: FYs 1953–2021 National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics Higher Education Research and Development Survey
Figure URD-5 Share of academic R&D expenditures, by source of funds: FYs 2012–21 National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics Higher Education Research and Development Survey
Figure URD-6 Federal and nonfederal funding of academic basic research: FYs 1979–2021 National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics Higher Education Research and Development Survey
Figure URD-7 Federal and nonfederal funding of academic experimental development and applied research: FYs 2010–21 National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics Higher Education Research and Development Survey
Figure URD-8 Sources of funding for academic R&D in private and public institutions: FYs 2012, 2017, and 2021 National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics Higher Education Research and Development Survey
Figure URD-9 Shares of federal agency funding for public and private institutions: FY 2021 National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics Higher Education Research and Development Survey
Figure URD-10 Federally funded R&D expenditures at historically Black colleges and universities: FYs 2012–21 National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics Higher Education Research and Development Survey
Figure URD-11 Ratio of academic R&D expenditures to population, by U.S. states: FY 2021 National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics Higher Education Research and Development Survey
Figure URD-12 Academic R&D spending, by field: FYs 2003–21 National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics Higher Education Research and Development Survey
Figure URD-13 Federally funded academic R&D spending, by field: FYs 2003–21 National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics Higher Education Research and Development Survey
Figure URD-14 Nonfederally funded academic R&D spending, by field: FYs 2003–21 National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics Higher Education Research and Development Survey
Figure URD-15 Federally financed academic R&D expenditures, by agency and field: FY 2021 National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics Higher Education Research and Development Survey
Figure URD-16 S&E research space at academic institutions: FYs 1999–2021 National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities
Figure URD-17 Female S&E doctorate holders employed in academia, by degree field: 2003 and 2021 National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics Survey of Doctorate Recipients
Figure URD-18 S&E doctorate holders employed in academia, by sex and degree field: 2021 National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics Survey of Doctorate Recipients
Figure URD-19 Underrepresented minority S&E doctorate holders employed in academia, by selected degree field: 2006 and 2021 National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics Survey of Doctorate Recipients
Figure URD-20 S&E doctorate holders employed in academia, by race or ethnicity and degree field: 2021 National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics Survey of Doctorate Recipients
Figure URD-21 Primary source of financial support of doctorate recipients, by 2018 Carnegie Classification of institutions: 2021 National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics Survey of Earned Doctorates
Figure URD-22 Primary source of financial support for U.S. citizen and permanent resident S&E doctorate recipients, by sex, race, or ethnicity: 2017–21 National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics Survey of Earned Doctorates
Figure URD-23 Full-time graduate students in S&E primarily supported by the federal government, by agency: 2002–21 National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering
Figure URD-24 Full-time graduate students in S&E primarily supported by the federal government, by degree field and agency: 2021 National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering
Table URD-1 Federal agency support of academic R&D spending: FYs 2012, 2017, and 2021 National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics Higher Education Research and Development Survey
Table URD-2 Top 30 institutions, ranked by R&D expenditures: FYs 2001, 2011, and 2021 National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics Higher Education Research and Development Survey