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Table 4. Higher education R&D expenditures received from and passed through to other U.S. higher education institutions, by source of funds and survey population: FY 2018

(Dollars in thousands)

Source All institutions Survey population
Short form Standard form
All R&D received 3,558,287 15,847 3,542,440
Federally financed 3,192,176 14,688 3,177,488
Nonfederally financed 366,111 1,159 364,952
All R&D passed through 3,540,957 2,879 3,538,078
Federally financed 3,084,462 2,400 3,082,062
Nonfederally financed 456,495 479 456,016
NOTE: Institutions are included in the short form population if they reported less than $1 million in total R&D expenditures during the previous fiscal year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, National Science Foundation, Higher Education Research and Development Survey, FY 2018.