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Table 73. Total and federally financed higher education R&D expenditures received as a subrecipient, by highest degree granted and institutional control: FY 2016

(Dollars in thousands)

R&D expenditures and type of institution All R&D expenditures R&D expenditures received as a subrecipient
Total From higher education pass-through entities From businesses From nonprofit organizations From other pass-through entities
Total R&D, all institutions 71,833,308 6,925,007 3,106,821 1,115,563 1,517,424 1,185,199
Doctorate 70,768,127 6,850,771 3,061,675 1,109,468 1,507,119 1,172,509
Nondoctorate 1,065,181 74,236 45,146 6,095 10,305 12,690
Public 47,147,814 4,735,220 1,975,696 786,894 967,746 1,004,884
Private 24,685,494 2,189,787 1,131,125 328,669 549,678 180,315
Federally financed R&D, all institutions 38,793,542 5,646,331 2,811,831 818,935 1,107,818 907,747
Doctorate 38,347,256 5,581,968 2,770,225 814,433 1,099,328 897,982
Nondoctorate 446,286 64,363 41,606 4,502 8,490 9,765
Public 23,947,624 3,813,379 1,786,210 562,997 695,887 768,285
Private 14,845,918 1,832,952 1,025,621 255,938 411,931 139,462
NOTE: This table includes only institutions reporting $1 million or more in total R&D expenditures in FY 2015. Institutions reporting less than $1 million in total R&D expenditures in FY 2015 completed a shorter version of the survey form in FY 2016, and that form only requested R&D expenditures received from higher education institutions. For a listing of R&D expenditures received from higher education institutions at institutions completing the shorter version of the survey, see table 84.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education Research and Development Survey, FY 2016.