Higher Education Research and Development Survey
Fiscal Year 2018

  • Errata | January 6, 2020
    Table 26 contained an unnecessary imputation flag (“i”) for Harvard University in the Life sciences field. Tables 82 and 83 contained unnecessary imputation flags (“i”) for Kean University in the Engineering field. These flags have been removed; no other data in the table are affected.

     

    Technical Table A-3 contained incorrect institution counts (by one institution) for FYs 2013–16 in the Standard form population, Doctorate degrees granted and All respondents. These cells have been corrected; no other data in the table are affected.
    • NCSES errata

 

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Trends in higher education R&D expenditures
R&D expenditures reported by all institutions (standard form and short form populations)
1 by source of funds: FYs 1953–2018
2 by source of funds and survey form: FYs 2010–18
3 total, by source of funds, R&D field, and survey population: FY 2018
4 total received from and passed through to other higher education institutions, by source of funds and survey population: FY 2018
5 total, all institutions in both survey populations, ranked by total R&D, by source of funds: FY 2018
6 total, all institutions in both survey populations, by state, institutional control, system, and institution: FY 2018
 
Higher education R&D expenditures within standard form population
7 total and federally financed expenditures, by type of R&D: FYs 1953–2018
8 by source of funds and type of R&D: FYs 2010–18
9 by R&D field: FYs 2009–18
10 federally financed expenditures, by R&D field: FYs 2009–18
11 nonfederally financed expenditures, by R&D field: FYs 2009–18
 
Higher education R&D expenditures by selected area
12 by source of funds and R&D field: FY 2018
13 federally financed, by federal agency and R&D field: FY 2018
by highest degree granted and institutional control
14 from foreign sources, by source of foreign funds for FY 2018
15 externally funded, by type of agreement: FYs 2014–18
16 by type of cost: FYs 2014–18
by institutional control
17 for equipment, by R&D field and source of funds: FY 2018
18 total, within medical schools: FYs 2014–18
19 for clinical trials, by source of funds and highest degree granted: FYs 2014–18
 
Institution rankings
20 ranked by FY 2018 R&D expenditures: FYs 2009–18
21 ranked by all R&D expenditures, by source of funds: FY 2018
22 ranked by all R&D expenditures, by R&D field: FY 2018
federally financed
23 ranked by FY 2018 federal R&D expenditures: FYs 2009–18
24 ranked by all federal R&D expenditures, by R&D field: FY 2018
25 ranked by all federal R&D expenditures, by federal agency: FY 2018
nonfederally financed
ranked by all R&D expenditures, by R&D field: FY 2018
26 state and local governments
27 institutional funds
28 businesses
29 nonprofit organizations
30 all other funding sources
special focus
ranked by all R&D expenditures: FY 2018
31 historically black colleges and universities, by source of funds
32 historically black colleges and universities, by R&D field
33 high-Hispanic-enrollment institutions, by source of funds
34 high-Hispanic-enrollment institutions, by R&D field
35 ranked by all non-medical school R&D expenditures
ranked by all R&D expenditures, by source of funds: FY 2018
36 public institutions
37 private institutions
 
Expenditures in R&D fields
science fields, ranked by FY 2018 total: FYs 2015–18
38 computer and information sciences, total and federally financed expenditures
39 geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences and subfields, total expenditures
40 geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences and subfields, federally financed expenditures
41 life sciences and subfields, total expenditures
42 life sciences and subfields, federally financed expenditures
43 agricultural sciences and natural resources and conservation, total and federally financed expenditures
44 biological and biomedical sciences, total and federally financed expenditures
45 health sciences, total and federally financed expenditures
46 mathematics and statistics, total and federally financed expenditures
47 physical sciences and subfields, total expenditures
48 physical sciences and subfields, federally financed expenditures
49 chemistry total and federally financed expenditures
50 physics, total and federally financed expenditures
51 psychology, total and federally financed expenditures
52 social sciences and subfields, total expenditures
53 social sciences and subfields, federally financed expenditures
engineering, ranked by FY 2018 totals
54 total and federally financed expenditures: FYs 2015–18
55 subfields, total expenditures: FYs 2016–18
56 subfields, federally financed expenditures: FYs 2016–18
non-S&E fields and subfields, ranked by FY 2018 totals: FYs 2016–18
57 total expenditures
58 federally financed expenditures
 
Federally financed expenditures, ranked by federal agency total, by R&D field: FY 2018
59 Department of Defense
60 Department of Energy
61 Department of Health and Human Services
62 National Aeronautics and Space Administration
63 National Science Foundation
64 Department of Agriculture
65 all other federal agencies
 
Geographic distribution
FYs 2009–18
66 by state
67 by state, institutional control, and institution
68 by state and source of funds: FY 2018
by state, institutional control, and institution: FY 2018
69 by source of funds
70 by R&D field
71 at institutions with a medical school
72 at institutions reporting clinical trials, by source of funds
 
R&D expenditures passed through to and received as subrecipients: FY 2018
total and federally financed, by highest degree granted and institutional control
73 received as a subrecipient
74 passed through to subrecipients
total and federally financed, by state, institutional control, and institution
75 received as a subrecipient
76 passed through to subrecipients
 
R&D personnel at higher education institutions
77 by state, institutional control, and institution: FYs 2015–18 (detail for FY 2018)
 
R&D expenditures in science and engineering fields only: FYs 2009–18
78 total, ranked by FY 2018 R&D expenditures
79 federally financed, ranked by FY 2018 R&D expenditures
80 by state
 
R&D expenditures reported by the short form survey population
institutions in the FY 2018 short form survey population only, by state, institutional control, and institution
81 total: FYs 2015–18
82 total by R&D field: FY 2018
83 federally financed by R&D field: FY 2018
84 total received from and passed through to other higher education institutions, by source of funds: FY 2018
November 2019

Data from survey cycle FY 2018
(finalized 22 August 2019)

National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, National Science Foundation, Higher Education Research and Development Survey, Fiscal Year 2018. http://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/herd/.


 

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Table Technical Tables
A-1 Institution name changes between FY 2017 and FY 2018 surveys
A-2 Total and federally financed higher education R&D expenditures at surveyed institutions reporting less than $150,000 in separately accounted for R&D expenditures: FY 2018
A-3 Institutions surveyed, by highest degree granted and survey population: FYs 2013–18
 
Response rates: FY 2018
A-4 by survey population, highest degree granted, and institutional control
A-5 by survey population and question
 
Imputed amounts for higher education R&D expenditures: FY 2018
A-6 total, by survey population and highest degree granted
A-7 total, by survey population and source of funds
A-8 from foreign sources, by source of funds
A-9 externally financed, by type of agreement
A-10 in a medical school, by institutional control
A-11 for clinical trials, by source of funds
for total and federally financed higher education R&D expenditures
A-12 by type of R&D
A-13 received as a subrecipient, by survey population and type of pass-through entity
A-14 passed through, by survey population and type of subrecipient
A-15 Standard form population, by R&D field
A-16 Short form population, by R&D field
A-17 by type of cost
A-18 for total and federally financed higher education R&D equipment expenditures, by R&D field
 
Imputed amounts for personnel headcounts: FY 2018
A-19 all R&D personnel, by type of personnel
 
Response details: FY 2018
A-20 Question 9, federally financed higher education R&D expenditures from federal agencies not specified in question 9
by highest degree granted and institutional control
A-21 Capitalization thresholds, by highest degree granted, institutional control, and capitalization threshold
November 2019

Data from survey cycle FY 2018
(finalized 22 August 2019)