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Home : Research and Stats : Profession Trend Data : R and D Expenditures in Current Dollars
   
 

R and D Expenditures in Current Dollars

Research and Development Expenditures for Selected Social Sciences and Psychology (in Current Dollars), 1992, 1997, 2002 and 2006

Year
Discipline 

Federal Academic R&D Expenditures

Other Sources

Total R&D Expenditures

% of Total Funded by Federal Government

1992
Sociology
$81,736
$81,551
$163,287
50.1%
 
Economics
$65,947
$155,606
$221,553
29.8%
 
Political Science
$35,046
$107,050
$142,096
24.7%
 
Psychology
$214,905
$113,598
$328,503
65.4%
1997
Sociology
$120,578
$136,744
$257,322
46.9%
 
Economics
$89,803
$170,954
$260,757
34.4%
 
Political Science
$51,768
$123,704
$175,472
29.5%
 
Psychology
$271,391
$124,789
$396,180
68.5%
2002
Sociology
$180,752
$198,550
$379,302
47.7%
 
Economics
$101,378
$182,678
$284,056
35.7%
 
Political Science
$75,761
$195,018
$270,779
28.0%
 
Psychology
$474,374
$196,248
$670,622
70.7%
2006
Sociology