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Table 73. Total and federally financed higher education R&D expenditures received as a subrecipient, by highest degree granted and institutional control: FY 2018

(Dollars in thousands)

R&D expenditures and type of institution All R&D expenditures R&D expenditures received as a subrecipient
Total From higher education pass-through entities From businesses From nonprofit organizations From other pass-through entities
Total R&D, all institutions 79,285,866 7,426,495 3,542,440 1,180,215 1,533,277 1,170,563
Doctorate 78,618,139 7,366,327 3,503,189 1,177,080 1,526,272 1,159,786
Nondoctorate 667,727 60,168 39,251 3,135 7,005 10,777
Public 52,138,502 5,115,813 2,220,319 856,361 1,029,605 1,009,528
Private 27,147,364 2,310,682 1,322,121 323,854 503,672 161,035
Federally financed R&D, all institutions 41,945,082 6,227,286 3,177,488 916,451 1,182,214 951,133
Doctorate 41,585,730 6,174,387 3,141,668 913,790 1,176,322 942,607
Nondoctorate 359,352 52,899 35,820 2,661 5,892 8,526
Public 25,930,482 4,206,773 1,984,804 637,420 759,802 824,747
Private 16,014,600 2,020,513 1,192,684 279,031 422,412 126,386
NOTE: This table includes only institutions reporting $1 million or more in total R&D expenditures in 2017. Institutions reporting less than $1 million in total R&D expenditures in 2017 completed a shorter version of the survey form in FY 2018, and that form only requested R&D expenditures received from higher education institutions. For a listing of R&D expenditures received from higher education institutions at institutions completing the shorter version of the survey, see table 84.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, National Science Foundation, Higher Education Research and Development Survey, FY 2018.