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Survey of Federal Science and Engineering Support to Universities, Colleges, and Nonprofit Institutions
Fiscal Year 2018

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TableFederal obligations to universities and colleges for FY 2018 survey cycle
All S&E activities: Trends
1by type of activity: FYs 1963–2018
2by type of activity and agency: FYs 1963–2018
3by state and outlying area: FYs 2010–18
4the 100 institutions receiving the largest amounts, ranked by FY 2018 total: FYs 2010–18
R&D activities: Trends
5Department of Defense: FYs 1990–2018
6by state and outlying area: FYs 2010–18
7the 100 institutions receiving the largest amounts, ranked by FY 2018 total: FYs 2010–18
All S&E activities: FY 2018
8by agency and type of activity
9number of recipient institutions, by state, outlying area, and type of activity
10by state, outlying area, and agency
11for fellowships, traineeships, and training grants, by state, outlying area, and agency
by state, outlying area, and institution
12by type of activity
by agency
13total
14R&D (AID–DOI)
15R&D (DOJ–USDA)
16R&D plant
All S&E activities, ranked by FY 2018 total
17S&E, by type of activity
18S&E, by agency
19R&D, by agency
20fellowships, traineeships, and training grants, by agency
All S&E activities to HBCUs, ranked by FY 2018 total
21FYs 2010–18
22by type of activity: FY 2018
23by agency: FY 2018
R&D activities
24FYs 2010–18
25by agency: FY 2018
All S&E activities, ranked by FY 2018 total
26HHE institutions, by agency
27tribal colleges and universities, by agency
28high-American Indian-enrollment institutions, by agency
29minority-serving institutions, by agency
30systems of universities and colleges, by agency
All R&D activities to systems of universities and colleges, ranked by FY 2018 total
31by agency
Federal obligations for R&D and R&D plant to nonprofit institutions: FY 2018
32by state, outlying area, institution, and agency
33the 100 institutions receiving the largest amounts, ranked by FY 2018 total: FYs 2010–18
34by agency: FY 2018
Federal obligations to consortia of institutions: FY 2018
35FYs 2010–18
36by type of activity: FY 2018
37by agency: FY 2018
April 2020

Data from survey cycle FY 2018
(finalized 22 January 2020)

National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Federal Science and Engineering Support to Universities, Colleges, and Nonprofit Institutions, Fiscal Years 2018. http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/fedsupport/.



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April 2020

Data from survey cycle FY 2018
(finalized 22 January 2020)


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