Life Sciences is by far and away the most heavily researched field by U.S. university scientists. More than $29 billion was spent in 2007 in life sciences research. Engineering research was a distant second with $7.5 billion in funding. Physical sciences took third with $3.8 billion in research dollars and environmental sciences grabbed the fourth spot with $2.7 billion in funding. Social sciences rounds out the top five with $1.7 billion in fudning. Computer sciences ranked a close sixth with $1.4 billion. Other sciences summed $949 million to take the 7th spot, while psychology with $863 million claimed the 8th spot, regulating math sciences at $572 million to 9th place.
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