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Table A-16. Imputed amounts for total and federally financed higher education R&D expenditures at institutions in the short form survey population, by R&D field: FY 2013
(Dollars in thousands)
  Total Federally financed
R&D field All separately budgeted
R&D expenditures
Imputed amount Imputed amount
as % of total
All separately budgeted
R&D expenditures
Imputed amount Imputed amount
as % of total
All R&D fields 132,265 3,911 3.0 65,042 2,776 4.3
     All science and engineering 108,713 4,605 4.2 59,442 3,013 5.1
          Computer sciences 4,982 163 3.3 3,573 129 3.6
          Environmental sciences 9,827 97 1.0 6,009 23 0.4
          Life sciences 46,106 2,212 4.8 25,843 1,514 5.9
          Mathematical sciences 3,702 186 5.0 2,548 109 4.3
          Physical sciences 18,290 966 5.3 11,664 743 6.4
          Psychology 5,795 287 5.0 2,463 231 9.4
          Social sciences 5,745 448 7.8 1,521 154 10.1
          Sciences, nec 5,112 179 3.5 1,560 86 5.5
          Engineering 9,154 67 0.7 4,261 24 0.6
     All non-science and engineering 23,552 1,270 5.4 5,600 556 9.9

nec = not elsewhere classified.
NOTES: Imputation rate at total level is lower than imputation rates at detail levels because some institutions could provide totals but not details. Because of rounding, detail may not add to total. Percentages calculated on unrounded numbers.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education Research and Development Survey, FY 2013.
Data from survey cycle FY 2013, as of 31 July 2014.