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Table 2. Higher education R&D expenditures, by source of funds and survey form: FYs 2010–2016

(Dollars in thousands)

Survey form and fiscal year All R&D expenditures Source of funds
Federal government State and local government Institution funds Business Nonprofit organizations All other sources
Total Institutionally financed research Cost sharing Unrecovered indirect costs
All institutions
2010 61,286,610 37,477,582 3,887,106 11,942,532 6,198,189 1,083,275 4,661,068 3,201,904 3,729,655 1,047,831
2011 65,274,393 40,768,251 3,851,323 12,580,320 6,816,187 1,153,646 4,610,487 3,182,671 3,853,950 1,037,878
2012 65,872,505 40,216,862 3,743,834 13,625,176 7,723,845 1,289,013 4,612,318 3,279,179 4,037,021 970,433
2013 67,144,666 39,510,280 3,705,597 14,973,909 8,906,778 1,360,580 4,706,551 3,514,750 3,902,646 1,537,484
2014 67,348,593 38,030,894 3,915,466 15,780,766 9,635,586 1,380,744 4,764,436 3,733,005 3,977,364 1,911,098
2015 68,708,572 37,910,991 3,864,065 16,653,754 10,452,250 1,352,859 4,848,645 4,007,704 4,234,822 2,037,236
2016 71,971,736 38,860,649 4,033,779 18,014,538 11,505,260 1,432,876 5,076,402 4,215,883 4,628,526 2,218,361
Short form institutionsa
2012 143,498 74,639 10,263 37,778 32,515 2,474 2,789 5,207 14,611 1,000
2013 131,528 64,349 9,175 37,529 32,116 2,360 3,053 4,221 14,000 2,254
2014 152,056 70,719 12,584 45,707 40,561 1,720 3,426 5,852 13,826 3,368
2015 141,682 62,439 9,202 45,665 41,031 1,221 3,413 5,287 14,965 4,124
2016 138,428 67,107 8,499 39,576 34,173 2,043 3,360 5,320 13,726 4,200
Standard form institutions
2010 61,286,610 37,477,582 3,887,106 11,942,532 6,198,189 1,083,275 4,661,068 3,201,904 3,729,655 1,047,831
2011 65,274,393 40,768,251 3,851,323 12,580,320 6,816,187 1,153,646 4,610,487 3,182,671 3,853,950 1,037,878
2012 65,729,007 40,142,223 3,733,571 13,587,398 7,691,330 1,286,539 4,609,529 3,273,972 4,022,410 969,433
2013 67,013,138 39,445,931 3,696,422 14,936,380 8,874,662 1,358,220 4,703,498 3,510,529 3,888,646 1,535,230
2014 67,196,537 37,960,175 3,902,882 15,735,059 9,595,025 1,379,024 4,761,010 3,727,153 3,963,538 1,907,730
2015 68,566,890 37,848,552 3,854,863 16,608,089 10,411,219 1,351,638 4,845,232 4,002,417 4,219,857 2,033,112
2016 71,833,308 38,793,542 4,025,280 17,974,962 11,471,087 1,430,833 5,073,042 4,210,563 4,614,800 2,214,161
a Beginning with FY 2012, institutions reporting less than $1 million in total R&D expenditures completed a shorter version of the survey questionnaire. Prior to FY 2012 all institutions completed the standard form survey questionnaire.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education Research and Development Survey.