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Table 2. Higher education R&D expenditures, by source of funds and survey form: FYs 2010–17

(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 68,692,335 37,911,267 3,863,920 16,637,525 10,443,979 1,352,878 4,840,668 4,007,705 4,234,868 2,037,050
2016 71,935,291 38,845,451 4,033,889 18,003,994 11,491,210 1,467,718 5,045,066 4,215,852 4,628,748 2,207,357
2017 75,315,121 40,305,496 4,246,985 18,921,992 12,163,928 1,571,570 5,186,494 4,429,750 5,132,907 2,277,991
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 140,016 67,059 9,732 39,827 34,254 2,176 3,397 5,298 14,023 4,077
2017 140,180 67,851 10,480 37,694 32,474 2,003 3,217 4,300 16,044 3,811
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 68,550,653 37,848,828 3,854,718 16,591,860 10,402,948 1,351,657 4,837,255 4,002,418 4,219,903 2,032,926
2016 71,795,275 38,778,392 4,024,157 17,964,167 11,456,956 1,465,542 5,041,669 4,210,554 4,614,725 2,203,280
2017 75,174,941 40,237,645 4,236,505 18,884,298 12,131,454 1,569,567 5,183,277 4,425,450 5,116,863 2,274,180
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.