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Table 16. Higher education R&D expenditures, by type of cost, highest degree granted, and institutional control: FYs 2011–12

(Dollars in thousands)

	2011					2012
		Highest degree granted		Institutional control			Highest degree granted		Institutional control
Type of cost	All institutions	Doctorate	Nondoctorate	Public	Private	All institutions	Doctorate	Nondoctorate	Public	Private
All R&D institutions	65,274,235	64,065,610	1,208,625	43,910,518	21,363,717	65,774,524	64,743,650	1,030,874	44,180,528	21,593,996
Direct costs	49,298,054	48,271,139	1,026,915	33,913,328	15,384,726	49,897,124	49,021,962	875,162	34,338,693	15,558,431
Salaries, wages, and fringe benefits	27,858,460	27,353,522	504,938	19,630,667	8,227,793	28,341,024	27,902,543	438,481	19,955,368	8,385,656
Software purchases	113,495	110,414	3,081	93,510	19,985	101,123	95,708	5,415	81,058	20,065
Noncapitalized	95,533	92,958	2,575	77,710	17,823	90,914	86,194	4,720	72,451	18,463
Capitalized	17,962	17,456	506	15,800	2,162	10,209	9,514	695	8,607	1,602
Capitalized equipment	2,254,733	2,190,438	64,295	1,554,257	700,476	2,036,979	1,993,749	43,230	1,478,390	558,589
Passed through to subrecipients	5,442,880	5,377,245	65,635	3,423,574	2,019,306	5,538,500	5,476,752	61,748	3,508,057	2,030,443
Other direct costs	13,628,486	13,239,520	388,966	9,211,320	4,417,166	13,879,498	13,553,210	326,288	9,315,820	4,563,678
Indirect costs	15,976,181	15,794,471	181,710	9,997,190	5,978,991	15,877,400	15,721,688	155,712	9,841,835	6,035,565

SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education Research and Development Survey.

Data from survey cycle FY 2012, as of 30 October 2013.