Fields of R&D for the FY 2016 Higher Education Research and Development Survey

Downloadable lists of the changes:

A. Computer and Information Sciences

Artificial intelligence
Computer and information technology administration and management
Computer science
Computer software and media applications
Computer systems analysis
Computer systems networking and telecommunications
Data processing
Information sciences, studies
Information technology
Management information systems (moved to Non‐S&E Fields, Business Management and Business Administration)

B. Engineering

1. Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical Engineering

Aerodynamics
Aerospace engineering
Space technology

2. Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering

Biological and biosystems engineering
Biomaterials engineering
Biomedical technology
Medical engineering

3. Chemical Engineering

Biochemical engineering
Chemical and biomolecular engineering
Engineering chemistry
Paper science
Petroleum engineering (moved to Other Engineering)
Petroleum refining process
Polymer, plastics engineering
Wood science (moved to Life Sciences, Agricultural Sciences)

4. Civil Engineering

Architectural engineering
Architecture (moved to Non‐S&E Fields, Other Non‐S&E Fields)
Construction engineering
Engineering management, administration
Environmental, environmental health engineering
Geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering
Sanitary engineering
Structural engineering
Surveying engineering
Transportation and highway engineering
Water resources engineering

5. Electrical, Electronic, and Communications Engineering

Communications engineering
Computer engineering
Computer hardware engineering
Computer software engineering
Electrical and electronics engineering
Laser and optical engineering
Power
Telecommunications engineering

6. (NEW) Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

Industrial engineering (moved from Other Engineering)
Manufacturing engineering (moved from Other Engineering)
Operations research (moved from Mathematics and Statistics)
Systems engineering (moved from Other Engineering)

7. Mechanical Engineering

Electromechanical engineering
Engineering mechanics (moved to Other Engineering)
Mechatronics, robotics, and automation engineering

8. Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Ceramic sciences and engineering
Geophysical, geological engineering
Materials engineering
Materials science (moved to Physical Sciences, Materials Science)
Metallurgical engineering
Mining and mineral engineering
Textile sciences and engineering
Welding

9. Other Engineering

Agricultural engineering
Engineering design
Engineering mechanics, physics, and science (moved from Mechanical Engineering)
Forest engineering
Industrial engineering (moved to Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering)
Manufacturing engineering (moved to Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering)
Nanotechnology
Naval architecture and marine engineering
Nuclear engineering
Ocean engineering
Petroleum engineering (moved from Chemical Engineering)
Systems engineering (moved to Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering)
Other engineering fields that cannot be classified using the fields above

C. Geosciences, Atmospheric, and Ocean Sciences (previously Environmental Sciences)

1. Atmospheric Science and Meteorology

Aeronomy
Atmospheric chemistry and climatology
Atmospheric physics and dynamics
Extraterrestrial atmospheres
Meteorology
Solar
Weather modification

2. Geological and Earth Sciences

Cartography (moved to Social Sciences, Other Social Sciences)
Earth and planetary sciences
Geochemistry
Geodesy and gravity
Geology
Geomagnetism
Geophysics and seismology
Hydrology and water resources
Minerology and petrology
Paleomagnetism
Paleontology
Physical geography
Stratigraphy and sedimentation
Surveying

3. Ocean Sciences and Marine Sciences

Biological oceanography
Geological oceanography
Marine biology
Marine oceanography
Marine sciences
Oceanography, chemical and physical

4. Other Geosciences, Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences

Other fields that cannot be classified using the fields listed above

D. Life Sciences

1. Agricultural Sciences

Agricultural business and management
Agricultural chemistry
Agricultural economics (moved from Social Sciences, Economics)
Agricultural engineering—report in Engineering
Agricultural production operations
Animal sciences
Applied horticulture and horticultural business services
Aquaculture
Conservation (moved to Natural Resources and Conservation)
Fishing and fisheries sciences and management
Food science and technology
Forestry
International agriculture
Landscape architecture (moved to Non S&E Fields, Other Non‐S&E Fields)
Plant sciences
Renewable natural resources (moved to Natural Resources and Conservation)
Soil sciences
Veterinary medicine (moved to Health Sciences)
Wood science (moved from Engineering, Chemical Engineering)

2. Biological and Biomedical Sciences (previously Biological Sciences)

Allergies and immunology
Biochemistry, biophysics, and molecular biology
Biogeography
Biology and biomedical sciences, general
Biomathematics, bioinformatics, and computational biology
Biotechnology
Botany and plant biology
Cell, cellular biology, and anatomical sciences
Epidemiology, ecology and population biology
Foods and nutrition studies (moved to Non‐S&E Fields, Other Non‐S&E Fields)
Genetics
Microbiological sciences and immunology
Molecular medicine
Neurobiology and neuroscience (moved from Health Sciences)
Nutritional sciences (renamed Dietetics and clinical nutrition services and moved to Health Sciences)
Pharmacology and toxicology
Physical anthropology (moved to Social Sciences, Anthropology)
Physiology, pathology and related sciences
Veterinary medicine (moved to Health Sciences)
Zoology, animal biology

3. Health Sciences (previously Medical Sciences)

Advanced, graduate dentistry and oral sciences
Allied health and medical assisting services
Bioethics, medical ethics
Clinical/medical laboratory science/research and allied professions (moved from Other Life Sciences)
Clinical medicine research (includes several medical fields that had been previously listed separately)
Communication disorders sciences and services (moved from Other Life Sciences)
Dentistry
Dietetics and clinical nutrition services (previously Nutritional sciences; moved from Biological and Biomedical Sciences)
Gerontology, health sciences (moved from Other Life Sciences)
Health and medical administrative services (moved from Other Life Sciences)
Health, medical preparatory programs
Kinesiology and exercise science
Medical clinical science, graduate medical studies
Medical illustration and informatics
Medicine
Mental health
Neurosciences (moved to Biological and Biomedical Sciences)
Nursing (moved from Other Life Sciences)
Optometry
Osteopathic medicine, osteopathy
Pharmacology (moved to Biological and Biomedical Sciences)
Pharmacy, pharmaceutical sciences, and administration
Podiatric medicine, podiatry
Public health
Radiological science
Registered nursing, nursing administration, nursing research and clinical nursing (moved from Other Life Sciences)
Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions (Some subdisciplines moved from Other Life Sciences.)
Veterinary biomedical and clinical sciences
Veterinary medicine (Some subdisciplines moved from Agricultural Sciences or Biological and Biomedical Sciences.)

4. (NEW) Natural Resources and Conservation

Natural resources conservation and research (moved from Agricultural Sciences)
Natural resources economics (moved from Social Sciences, Economics)
Natural resources management and policy
Renewable natural resources (moved from Agricultural Sciences)
Wildlife and wildlands science and management

5. Other Life Sciences

Clinical/medical laboratory technologies (moved to Health Sciences)
Communication disorders sciences and services (moved to Health Sciences)
Gerontology, health sciences (moved to Health Sciences)
Health and medical administrative services (moved to Health Sciences)
Nursing (moved to Health Sciences)
Occupational therapy (part of Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions; moved to Health Sciences)
Physical therapy (part of Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions; moved to Health Sciences)
Registered nursing, nursing administration, nursing research and clinical nursing (moved to Health Sciences)
Rehabilitation services (part of Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions; moved to Health Sciences)
Therapeutic services (part of Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions; moved to Health Sciences)
Other life sciences that cannot be classified using the fields listed above

E. Mathematics and Statistics

Applied mathematics
Mathematics
Operations research (moved to Engineering, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering)
Statistics

F. Physical Sciences

1. Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy
Astrophysics
Planetary astronomy and science

2. Chemistry (except Biochemistry—report in Biological and Biomedical Sciences)

Analytical chemistry
Chemical physics (moved from Physics)
Environmental chemistry
Forensic chemistry
Inorganic chemistry
Organic chemistry
Organo-metallic chemistry
Pharmaceutical chemistry (moved to Life Sciences, Health Sciences)
Physical chemistry
Polymer chemistry
Theoretical chemistry

3. (NEW) Materials Science

Materials chemistry
Materials science (moved from Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering)

4. Physics

Acoustics
Atomic, molecular physics
Chemical physics (moved to Chemistry)
Condensed matter and materials physics
Elementary particle physics
Mathematical physics
Nuclear physics
Optics, optical sciences
Plasma, high‐temperature physics
Theoretical physics

5. Other Physical Sciences

Other physical sciences that cannot be classified using the fields listed above

G. Psychology

Animal behavior (part of Zoology; moved to Life Sciences, Biological and Biomedical Sciences)
Art therapy (part of Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions; moved to Life
Sciences, Health Sciences)
Clinical psychology
Counseling and applied psychology
Human development
Research and experimental psychology

H. Social Sciences

1. (NEW) Anthropology

Cultural anthropology (moved from Sociology, Demography, and Population Studies)
Medical anthropology
Physical and biological anthropology (moved from Life Sciences, Biological and Biomedical Sciences)

2. Economics

Agricultural economics (moved to Life Sciences, Agricultural Sciences)
Applied economics
Business development
Development economics and international development
Econometrics and quantitative economics
Industrial economics
International economics
Labor economics
Managerial economics
Public finance and fiscal policy
Resource economics (moved to Life Sciences, Natural Resources and Conservation)

3. Political Science and Government

Comparative government
Government
International relations and affairs (moved to Other Social Sciences)
Legal systems
Political economy
Political science
Political theory
Public administration (moved to Non‐S&E Fields, Other Non‐S&E fields)
Public policy analysis (moved to Other Social Sciences)
Regional studies (moved to Other Social Sciences)

4. Sociology, Demography, and Population Studies

Anthropology, cultural and social (moved to Anthropology)
Comparative and historical sociology
Complex organizations
Cultural and social structure
Demography and population studies
Group interactions
Rural sociology
Social problems and welfare theory
Sociology

5. Other Social Sciences

Archeology
Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies
Cartography (moved from Geosciences, Atmospheric, and Ocean Sciences, Geological and Earth Sciences)
City, urban, community and regional planning
Criminal science and corrections
Criminology
Geography
Gerontology, social sciences
History of science (moved to Non‐S&E Fields, Humanities)
International relations and national security studies (moved from Political Science and Government)
Linguistics
Public policy analysis (moved from Political Science and Government)
Regional studies (moved from Political Science and Government)
Urban studies, affairs

I. Other Sciences

Use this category for R&D that involves at least one S&E field (rows A–H) if it is impossible to report multidisciplinary or interdisciplinary R&D expenditures in specific fields.

J. Non‐S&E Fields

1. Education

Education administration and supervision
Education research
Teacher education, specific levels and methods
Teaching fields

2. Law

Law
Legal studies

3. Humanities

English language and literature, letters
Foreign languages and literatures
History, including history and philosophy of science and technology
Humanities, general
Liberal arts and sciences
Philosophy and religious studies
Theology and religious vocations

4. Visual and Performing Arts

Drama, theatre arts and stagecraft
Film, video, and photographic arts
Fine and studio arts
Music

5. Business Management and Business Administration (previously Business and Management)

Business administration
Business management
Business, managerial economics
Fields of R&D for the FY 2016 Higher Education
Research and Development Survey
Management information systems and services (moved from Computer and Information Sciences)
Marketing management and research

6. Communication and Communications Technologies (previously Communication, Journalism, and Library Science)

Communication and media studies
Communications technologies
Journalism
Library science (moved to Other Non‐S&E Fields)
Radio, television, and digital communication

7. Social Work

(no specific examples)

8. Other Non‐S&E Fields

Architecture (moved from Engineering, Civil Engineering)
Family, consumer sciences and human sciences
Foods, nutrition, and wellness studies (moved from Life Sciences, Biological
and Biomedical Sciences)
Landscape architecture (moved from Life Sciences, Agricultural Sciences)
Library science (moved from Communication and Communications
Technologies)
Military technology and applied science
Parks, sports, recreation, leisure and fitness
Public administration and public affairs (moved from Social Sciences, Political Science and Government)
Other non‐S&E fields that cannot be classified using the fields listed above.
Also, use this category for R&D that involves multiple non‐S&E fields if it is impossible to report multidisciplinary or interdisciplinary R&D expenditures in specific fields.