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Table A-16. Imputed amounts for total and federally financed higher education R&D expenditures at institutions in the short form population, by R&D field: FY 2017

(Dollars in thousands)

R&D field 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
All R&D fields 140,180 4,465 3.2 67,851 1,782 2.6
All science and engineering 114,983 5,108 4.4 62,486 1,830 2.9
Computer and information sciences 5,811 140 2.4 4,480 9 0.2
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 9,671 92 1.0 4,072 32 0.8
Life sciences 47,153 2,087 4.4 26,612 502 1.9
Mathematics and statistics 3,771 341 9.0 2,807 168 6.0
Physical sciences 18,970 992 5.2 12,476 523 4.2
Psychology 4,891 427 8.7 2,777 15 0.5
Social sciences 7,426 458 6.2 1,842 67 3.6
Sciences, nec 7,017 19 0.3 2,514 2 0.1
Engineering 10,273 552 5.4 4,906 512 10.4
All non-science and engineering 25,197 1,523 6.0 5,365 332 6.2
nec = not elsewhere classified.
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.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education Research and Development Survey, FY 2017.