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Table A-17. Imputed amounts for higher education R&D expenditures, by type of cost: FY 2017

(Dollars in millions)

Type of cost All R&D expenditures Imputed amount Imputed amount as % of total
All costs 75,175 105 0.1
Direct costs 57,933 2,247 3.9
Salaries, wages, and fringe benefits 33,275 329 1.0
Software purchases 110 3 2.8
Noncapitalized 99 3 2.9
Capitalized 11 0 2.6
Capitalized equipment 2,186 87 4.0
Passed through to subrecipients 5,918 17 0.3
Other direct costs 16,443 545 3.3
Indirect costs 17,242 116 0.7
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 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 did not include this question.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education Research and Development Survey, FY 2017.