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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 2016

(Dollars in millions)

Survey population and type of subrecipient Total Federally financed
All R&D expenditures Imputed amount Imputed amount as % of total All R&D expenditures Imputed amount Imputed amount as % of total
Standard form institutions
All subrecipientsa 5,734 40 0.7 4,871 34 0.7
To educational subrecipients 3,150 484 15.4 2,796 410 14.7
To businesses 931 187 20.1 736 152 20.7
To nonprofit organizations 1,067 156 14.6 885 127 14.4
To other pass-through entities 586 122 20.8 453 95 20.9
Short form institutionsb
To educational subrecipients 3 0 5.4 2 0 6.4
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 2016.