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Table A-8. Imputed amounts for higher education R&D expenditures from foreign sources, by source of funds: FY 2018

(Dollars in millions)

Source of foreign funding All R&D expenditures Imputed amount Imputed amount as % of total
All foreign funds 1,258 63 5.0
Foreign government 253 12 4.7
Business 546 68 12.4
Nonprofit organizations 273 20 7.3
Higher education institutions 118 13 11.2
All other sources 68 9 13.7
NOTES: Because of rounding, detail may not add to total. Percentages calculated on unrounded numbers. This table includes only institutions reporting $1 million or more in total R&D expenditures in FY 2017. Institutions reporting less than $1 million in total R&D expenditures in FY 2017 completed a shorter version of the survey form in FY 2018 that did not include this question.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, National Science Foundation, Higher Education Research and Development Survey, FY 2018.