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Table 2. Higher education R&D expenditures, by source of funds and survey form: FYs 2010–18

(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 67,351,473 38,032,757 3,915,638 15,781,098 9,635,914 1,380,751 4,764,433 3,733,404 3,977,434 1,911,142
2015 68,694,935 37,913,015 3,864,096 16,637,676 10,444,126 1,352,885 4,840,665 4,008,113 4,234,939 2,037,096
2016 71,893,739 38,847,200 4,033,853 17,960,717 11,448,393 1,467,777 5,044,547 4,215,976 4,628,702 2,207,291
2017 75,328,389 40,308,110 4,171,692 19,007,770 12,215,427 1,570,242 5,222,101 4,428,522 5,134,150 2,278,145
2018 79,436,487 42,018,100 4,321,310 20,437,745 13,310,300 1,589,004 5,538,441 4,723,888 5,452,474 2,482,970
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 144,282 64,187 9,378 45,816 41,178 1,228 3,410 5,695 15,036 4,170
2016 142,766 68,991 9,893 39,967 34,391 2,182 3,394 5,696 14,099 4,120
2017 143,993 71,120 11,413 36,973 32,251 1,890 2,832 4,479 16,078 3,930
2018 150,621 73,018 13,470 42,320 36,896 2,363 3,061 5,165 13,279 3,369
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 67,199,417 37,962,038 3,903,054 15,735,391 9,595,353 1,379,031 4,761,007 3,727,552 3,963,608 1,907,774
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 71,750,973 38,778,209 4,023,960 17,920,750 11,414,002 1,465,595 5,041,153 4,210,280 4,614,603 2,203,171
2017 75,184,396 40,236,990 4,160,279 18,970,797 12,183,176 1,568,352 5,219,269 4,424,043 5,118,072 2,274,215
2018 79,285,866 41,945,082 4,307,840 20,395,425 13,273,404 1,586,641 5,535,380 4,718,723 5,439,195 2,479,601
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 Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, National Science Foundation, Higher Education Research and Development Survey.