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Table 81. Higher education R&D expenditures received from and passed through to other U.S. higher education institutions, by source of funds and survey population: FY 2015

(Dollars in thousands)

Source All institutions Survey population
Short form Standard form
All R&D received 3,047,795 15,832 3,031,963
Federally financed 2,774,331 14,091 2,760,240
Nonfederally financed 273,464 1,741 271,723
All R&D passed through 3,109,030 1,991 3,107,039
Federally financed 2,762,955 1,680 2,761,275
Nonfederally financed 346,075 311 345,764
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 2015.