Table A-18. Imputed amounts for total and federally financed higher education R&D equipment expenditures, by R&D field: FY 2016

(Dollars in thousands)

R&D field^a	Total			Federally financed
R&D field^a	All R&D expenditures	Imputed amount	Imputed amount as % of total	All R&D expenditures	Imputed amount	Imputed amount as % of total
All R&D fields	2,171,192	9,267	0.4	965,468	10,812	1.1
All science and engineering	2,130,917	89,527	4.2	956,430	41,033	4.3
Computer and information sciences	96,754	7,187	7.4	52,366	2,147	4.1
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences	111,416	1,860	1.7	68,702	1,424	2.1
Atmospheric science and meteorology	20,909	489	2.3	17,814	413	2.3
Geological and earth sciences	42,224	966	2.3	20,675	818	4.0
Ocean sciences and marine sciences	39,091	184	0.5	26,214	75	0.3
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, nec	9,192	221	2.4	3,999	118	3.0
Life sciences	844,461	19,877	2.4	305,456	13,091	4.3
Agricultural sciences	88,960	1,914	2.2	20,685	869	4.2
Biological and biomedical sciences	365,267	8,406	2.3	150,291	5,796	3.9
Health sciences	337,617	8,899	2.6	120,072	5,987	5.0
Natural resources and conservation^b	10,710	589	5.5	3,820	425	11.1
Life sciences, nec	41,907	69	0.2	10,588	14	0.1
Mathematics and statistics	9,178	2,686	29.3	4,655	1,066	22.9
Physical sciences	389,000	11,012	2.8	251,844	5,482	2.2
Astronomy and astrophysics	35,887	1,397	3.9	19,948	674	3.4
Chemistry	124,657	2,823	2.3	68,167	2,225	3.3
Materials science^b	9,754	217	2.2	4,411	217	4.9
Physics	203,193	5,346	2.6	149,649	2,039	1.4
Physical sciences, nec	15,509	1,229	7.9	9,669	327	3.4
Psychology	15,035	131	0.9	7,711	65	0.8
Social sciences	11,823	914	7.7	2,756	326	11.8
Anthropology^b	1,200	91	7.6	527	71	13.5
Economics	3,708	120	3.2	310	70	22.6
Political science and government	610	34	5.6	79	10	12.7
Sociology, demography, and population studies	2,201	400	18.2	613	150	24.5
Social sciences, nec	4,104	269	6.6	1,227	25	2.0
Sciences, nec	42,465	2,432	5.7	10,941	1,003	9.2
Engineering	610,785	43,428	7.1	251,999	16,429	6.5
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering	43,655	3,789	8.7	26,299	1,381	5.3
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering	52,636	937	1.8	21,998	529	2.4
Chemical engineering	46,375	2,172	4.7	20,744	1,282	6.2
Civil engineering	31,297	726	2.3	11,071	349	3.2
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering	112,629	18,992	16.9	66,727	6,982	10.5
Industrial and manufacturing engineering^b	6,884	0	0.0	4,762	0	0.0
Mechanical engineering	71,911	6,222	8.7	32,511	2,475	7.6
Metallurgical and materials engineering	50,304	629	1.3	24,650	310	1.3
Engineering, nec	195,094	9,961	5.1	43,237	3,121	7.2
All non-science and engineering	40,275	1,493	3.7	9,038	476	5.3
Business management and business administration	3,770	284	7.5	94	21	22.3
Communication and communications technologies	4,752	3	0.1	685	0	0.0
Education	9,235	600	6.5	3,532	418	11.8
Humanities	3,359	141	4.2	51	6	11.8
Law	197	10	5.1	114	0	0.0
Social work	125	12	9.6	63	5	7.9
Visual and performing arts	2,080	107	5.1	233	3	1.3
Non-science and engineering, nec	16,757	336	2.0	4,266	23	0.5

NOTES: Imputation rate at total level is lower than imputation rates at detail levels because some institutions could provide totals but not details. Because of rounding, detail may not add to total. Percentages calculated on unrounded numbers. 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 did not include this question.