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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 2017

(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 75,174,941 7,084,860 3,306,228 1,124,313 1,494,330 1,159,989
Doctorate 74,465,872 7,020,028 3,267,143 1,122,361 1,482,384 1,148,140
Nondoctorate 709,069 64,832 39,085 1,952 11,946 11,849
Public 49,319,925 4,890,493 2,091,712 808,377 990,386 1,000,018
Private 25,855,016 2,194,367 1,214,516 315,936 503,944 159,971
Federally financed R&D, all institutions 40,237,645 5,985,969 2,972,861 870,390 1,174,023 968,695
Doctorate 39,853,359 5,929,524 2,936,714 868,954 1,165,564 958,292
Nondoctorate 384,286 56,445 36,147 1,436 8,459 10,403
Public 24,816,370 4,052,771 1,869,238 597,171 748,633 837,729
Private 15,421,275 1,933,198 1,103,623 273,219 425,390 130,966
NOTE: This table includes only institutions reporting $1 million or more in total R&D expenditures in FY 2016. Institutions reporting less than $1 million in total R&D expenditures in FY 2016 completed a shorter version of the survey form in FY 2017 that 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 2017.