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Higher Education Research and Development Survey
Fiscal Year 2013

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Trends in higher education R&D expenditures
1by source of funds and R&D field: FYs 1953–2013
2by source of funds: FYs 2010–13
3total and federally financed expenditures, by character of work: FYs 1953–2013
4by source of funds, character of work, highest degree granted, and type of institutional control: FYs 2010–13
5by R&D field: FYs 2004–13
6federally financed expenditures, by R&D field: FYs 2004–13
7nonfederally financed expenditures, by R&D field: FYs 2004–13
 
Higher education R&D expenditures by selected area
8by source of funds and R&D field: FY 2013
9federally financed, by federal agency and R&D field: FY 2013
by highest degree granted and institutional control: FYs 2012–13
10from foreign sources
11externally funded, by type of agreement
12funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
13by type of cost
by institutional control: FY 2013
14for equipment, by R&D field and source of funds
15total, within medical schools
16for clinical trials, by source of funds and highest degree granted
 
Institution rankings
17ranked by FY 2013 R&D expenditures: FYs 2004–13
18ranked by all R&D expenditures, by source of funds: FY 2013
19ranked by all R&D expenditures, by R&D field: FY 2013
federally financed
20ranked by FY 2013 federal R&D expenditures: FYs 2004–13
21ranked by all federal R&D expenditures, by R&D field: FY 2013
22ranked by all federally financed R&D expenditures, by federal agency: FY 2013
nonfederally financed
ranked by all R&D expenditures, by R&D field: FY 2013
23state and local governments
24institutional funds
25businesses
26 nonprofit organizations
27 all other funding sources
special focus
ranked by all R&D expenditures: FY 2013
28historically black colleges and universities, by source of funds
29historically black colleges and universities, by R&D field
30high-Hispanic-enrollment institutions, by source of funds
31high-Hispanic-enrollment institutions, by R&D field
32ranked by all non-medical school R&D expenditures: FY 2013
ranked by all R&D expenditures, by source of funds: FY 2013
33public institutions
34private institutions
 
Expenditures in R&D fields
science fields, ranked by FY 2013 total: FYs 2010–13
35computer sciences, total and federally financed expenditures
36environmental sciences and subfields, total expenditures
37environmental sciences and subfields, federally financed expenditures
38life sciences and subfields, total expenditures
39life sciences and subfields, federally financed expenditures
40agricultural sciences, total and federally financed expenditures
41biological sciences, total and federally financed expenditures
42medical sciences, total and federally financed expenditures
43mathematical sciences, total and federally financed expenditures
44physical sciences and subfields, total expenditures
45physical sciences and subfields, federally financed expenditures
46chemistry total and federally financed expenditures
47physics, total and federally financed expenditures
48psychology, total and federally financed expenditures
49social sciences and subfields, total expenditures
50social sciences and subfields, federally financed expenditures
engineering, ranked by FY 2013 totals
51total and federally financed expenditures: FYs 2010–2013
52subfields, total expenditures: FYs 2011–2013
53subfields, federally financed expenditures: FYs 2011–2013
non-S&E fields and subfields, ranked by FY 2013 totals: FYs 2011–2013
54total expenditures
55federally financed expenditures
 
Federally financed expenditures, ranked by federal agency total, by R&D field: FY 2013
56Department of Defense
57Department of Energy
58Department of Health and Human Services
59National Aeronautics and Space Administration
60National Science Foundation
61U.S. Department of Agriculture
62all other federal agencies
 
Geographic distribution
FYs 2004–13
63by state
64by state, institutional control, and institution
65by state and source of funds: FY 2013
by state, institutional control, and institution: FY 2013
66by source of funds
67by R&D field
68at institutions with a medical school
69at institutions reporting clinical trials, by source of funds
 
R&D expenditures passed through to and received as subrecipients: FY 2013
total and federally financed, by highest degree granted and institutional control
70received as a subrecipient
71passed through to subrecipients
total and federally financed, by state, institutional control, and institution
72received as a subrecipient
73passed through to subrecipients
 
R&D personnel at higher education institutions
74by state, institutional control, and institution: FY 2013
 
R&D expenditures in science and engineering fields only: FYs 2004–13
75total, ranked by FY 2013 R&D expenditures
76federally financed, ranked by FY 2013 R&D expenditures
77by state
 
R&D expenditures at institutions in the short form survey population
institutions in the short form survey population, by state, institutional control, and institution
78total: FYs 2004–13
79by R&D field: FY 2013
80total received from and passed through to other higher education institutions, by source of funds: FY 2013
institutions in both survey populations
81total, by source of funds, R&D field, and survey population: FY 2013
82total received from and passed through to other higher education institutions, by source of funds and survey population: FY 2013
83total, all institutions in both survey populations, ranked by total R&D, by source of funds: FY 2013
84total, all institutions in both survey populations, by state, institutional control, system, and institution: FY 2013
February 2015

Data from survey cycle FY 2013
(finalized 31 July 2014)

National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education Research and Development Survey, Fiscal Year 2013. http://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/herd/.


 

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TableTechnical Tables
A-1Institution name changes between FY 2012 and FY 2013 surveys
A-2Total and federally financed higher education R&D expenditures at surveyed institutions reporting less than $150,000 in separately budgeted R&D expenditures: FY 2013
A-3Institutions surveyed, by highest degree granted and survey population: FYs 2008–13
 
Response rates: FY 2013
A-4by survey population and highest degree granted
A-5by survey form and question
 
Imputed amounts for higher education R&D expenditures: FY 2013
A-6total, by survey population and highest degree granted
A-7total, by survey population and source of funds
A-8from foreign sources, by highest degree granted and institutional control
A-9externally financed, by type of agreement
A-10in a medical school, by institutional control
A-11for clinical trials, by source of funds
for total and federally financed higher education R&D expenditures
A-12by type of R&D
A-13received as a subrecipient, by survey population and type of pass-through entity
A-14passed through, by survey population and type of subrecipient
A-15HERD Survey population, by R&D field
A-16Short form survey population, by R&D field
A-17by type of cost
A-18for total and federally financed higher education R&D equipment expenditures, by R&D field
 
Imputed amounts for personnel headcounts: FY 2013
A-19all personnel, by type of personnel
A-20R&D postdocs, by highest degree granted and institutional control
 
Response details: FY 2013
A-21Question 9, federally financed higher education R&D expenditures, from federal agencies not specified in question 9
by highest degree granted and institutional control
A-22Question 11, expenditures funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, and expenditures for question 11 respondents
A-23Question 14, capitalization thresholds, by highest degree granted, institutional control, and capitalization threshold
February 2015

Data from survey cycle FY 2013
(finalized 31 July 2014)

 

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