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Table A-14. Imputed amounts for total and federally financed higher education R&D expenditures passed through, by survey population and type of subrecipient: FY 2015

(Dollars in millions)

Survey population and type of subrecipient Total Federally financed
All separately budgeted R&D expenditures Imputed amount Imputed amount as % of total All separately budgeted R&D expenditures Imputed amount Imputed amount as % of total
Standard form population
All subrecipientsa 5,644 20 0.3 4,808 17 0.4
To educational subrecipients 3,107 473 15.2 2,761 390 14.1
To businesses 976 224 22.9 756 181 24.0
To nonprofit organizations 1,007 184 18.2 851 147 17.3
To other pass-through entities 554 142 25.7 440 109 24.9
Short form populationb
To educational subrecipients 2 0 5.1 2 0 5.9
a Imputation rate at total level is lower than imputation rates at detail levels because some institutions could provide totals but not details.
b Institutions in the short form population were asked only to provide R&D expenditures passed through to educational subrecipients.
NOTES: Because of rounding, detail may not add to total. Percentages calculated on unrounded numbers.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education Research and Development Survey, FY 2015.