Table 8. Higher education R&D expenditures, by source of funds and type of R&D: FYs 2010–18

(Dollars in thousands)

Fiscal year	Total				Federal				Nonfederal
Fiscal year	All R&D expenditures	Basic research	Applied research	Experimental development	All R&D expenditures	Basic research	Applied research	Experimental development	All R&D expenditures	Basic research	Applied research	Experimental development
2010	61,286,610	40,485,607	15,408,274	5,392,729	37,477,582	25,457,820	9,311,441	2,708,321	23,809,028	15,027,787	6,096,833	2,684,408
2011	65,274,393	42,901,930	16,649,452	5,723,011	40,768,251	27,405,678	10,439,457	2,923,116	24,506,142	15,496,252	6,209,995	2,799,895
2012	65,729,007	42,513,885	17,185,004	6,030,118	40,142,223	26,550,850	10,508,039	3,083,334	25,586,784	15,963,035	6,676,965	2,946,784
2013	67,013,138	43,401,704	17,295,790	6,315,644	39,445,931	26,143,327	10,269,009	3,033,595	27,567,207	17,258,377	7,026,781	3,282,049
2014	67,199,417	43,075,250	17,661,678	6,462,489	37,962,038	24,970,260	9,964,325	3,027,453	29,237,379	18,104,990	7,697,353	3,435,036
2015	68,550,653	43,938,668	17,932,844	6,679,141	37,848,828	25,005,881	9,920,692	2,922,255	30,701,825	18,932,787	8,012,152	3,756,886
2016	71,750,973	45,194,306	19,838,161	6,718,506	38,778,209	25,018,430	10,829,293	2,930,486	32,972,764	20,175,876	9,008,868	3,788,020
2017	75,184,396	46,596,533	21,330,137	7,257,726	40,236,990	25,692,624	11,499,990	3,044,376	34,947,406	20,903,909	9,830,147	4,213,350
2018	79,285,866	49,391,250	22,200,867	7,693,749	41,945,082	26,799,164	11,963,001	3,182,917	37,340,784	22,592,086	10,237,866	4,510,832