Table 13. Higher education R&D expenditures, by type of cost, highest degree granted, and institutional control: FYs 2013–14
(Dollars in thousands)
| Type of cost |
2013 |
2014 |
| All institutions |
Highest degree granted |
Institutional control |
All institutions |
Highest degree granted |
Institutional control |
| Doctorate |
Nondoctorate |
Public |
Private |
Doctorate |
Nondoctorate |
Public |
Private |
| All R&D expenditures |
67,014,807 |
66,221,282 |
793,525 |
44,851,358 |
22,163,449 |
67,154,642 |
65,990,604 |
1,164,038 |
44,657,466 |
22,497,176 |
| Direct costs |
51,094,292 |
50,407,730 |
686,562 |
35,011,684 |
16,082,608 |
51,523,380 |
50,509,372 |
1,014,008 |
35,003,850 |
16,519,530 |
| Salaries, wages, and fringe benefits |
28,805,853 |
28,466,238 |
339,615 |
20,237,015 |
8,568,838 |
29,091,868 |
28,737,163 |
354,705 |
20,436,313 |
8,655,555 |
| Software purchases |
105,279 |
102,570 |
2,709 |
82,694 |
22,585 |
93,352 |
91,359 |
1,993 |
71,273 |
22,079 |
| Noncapitalized |
93,189 |
90,648 |
2,541 |
74,066 |
19,123 |
81,053 |
79,598 |
1,455 |
61,876 |
19,177 |
| Capitalized |
12,090 |
11,922 |
168 |
8,628 |
3,462 |
12,299 |
11,761 |
538 |
9,397 |
2,902 |
| Capitalized equipment |
2,253,706 |
2,219,866 |
33,840 |
1,654,725 |
598,981 |
2,033,239 |
1,811,879 |
221,360 |
1,467,539 |
565,700 |
| Passed through to subrecipients |
5,698,852 |
5,657,729 |
41,123 |
3,617,698 |
2,081,154 |
5,715,966 |
5,671,907 |
44,059 |
3,566,961 |
2,149,005 |
| Other direct costs |
14,230,602 |
13,961,327 |
269,275 |
9,419,552 |
4,811,050 |
14,588,955 |
14,197,064 |
391,891 |
9,461,764 |
5,127,191 |
| Indirect costs |
15,920,515 |
15,813,552 |
106,963 |
9,839,674 |
6,080,841 |
15,631,262 |
15,481,232 |
150,030 |
9,653,616 |
5,977,646 |
| Recovered |
11,222,650 |
11,148,010 |
74,640 |
6,541,186 |
4,681,464 |
10,876,993 |
10,803,254 |
73,739 |
6,342,121 |
4,534,872 |
| Unrecovered |
4,697,865 |
4,665,542 |
32,323 |
3,298,488 |
1,399,377 |
4,754,269 |
4,677,978 |
76,291 |
3,311,495 |
1,442,774 |
