Survey population | |||
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Source of funds and R&D field | All institutions |
Short form | HERD |
All R&D expenditures | 67,173,419 | 132,265 | 67,041,154 |
Source of funds | |||
Federal government | 39,535,199 | 65,042 | 39,470,157 |
State and local government | 3,666,940 | 9,215 | 3,657,725 |
Institution funds | 15,011,613 | 37,690 | 14,973,923 |
Business | 3,505,552 | 4,244 | 3,501,308 |
Nonprofit organizations | 3,874,135 | 14,042 | 3,860,093 |
All other sources | 1,579,980 | 2,032 | 1,577,948 |
R&D field | |||
Science | 52,765,521 | 99,559 | 52,665,962 |
Computer sciences | 2,073,175 | 4,982 | 2,068,193 |
Environmental sciences | 3,208,984 | 9,827 | 3,199,157 |
Life sciences | 37,631,306 | 46,106 | 37,585,200 |
Mathematical sciences | 674,690 | 3,702 | 670,988 |
Physical sciences | 4,664,313 | 18,290 | 4,646,023 |
Psychology | 1,157,497 | 5,795 | 1,151,702 |
Social sciences | 2,175,769 | 5,745 | 2,170,024 |
Sciences, nec | 1,179,787 | 5,112 | 1,174,675 |
Engineering | 10,737,839 | 9,154 | 10,728,685 |
Non-S&E | 3,670,059 | 23,552 | 3,646,507 |
HERD = higher education research and development; nec = not elsewhere classified; S&E = science and engineering. |
NOTE: Institutions are included in the short form population if they reported less than $1 million in total R&D expenditures during the previous fiscal year. |
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. |