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Table A-16. Imputed amounts for total and federally financed higher education R&D expenditures at institutions in the short form population, by R&D field: FY 2018

(Dollars in thousands)

R&D field Total Federally financed
All R&D expenditures Imputed amount Imputed amount as % of total All R&D expenditures Imputed amount Imputed amount as % of total
All R&D fields 150,621 6,362 4.2 73,018 2,415 3.3
All science and engineering 126,382 7,502 5.9 67,502 2,679 4.0
Computer and information sciences 6,271 163 2.6 4,521 103 2.3
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 10,141 150 1.5 5,850 56 1.0
Life sciences 56,419 4,719 8.4 30,928 1,631 5.3
Mathematics and statistics 4,522 109 2.4 2,263 53 2.3
Physical sciences 18,462 969 5.2 11,413 441 3.9
Psychology 4,730 473 10.0 2,515 162 6.4
Social sciences 9,143 457 5.0 2,441 64 2.6
Sciences, nec 3,753 1 0.0 1,292 0 0.0
Engineering 12,941 461 3.6 6,279 169 2.7
All non-science and engineering 24,239 1,324 5.5 5,516 259 4.7
nec = not elsewhere classified.
NOTES: Imputation rate at total level is lower than imputation rates at detail levels because some institutions could provide totals but not details. Because of rounding, detail may not add to total. Percentages calculated on unrounded numbers.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, National Science Foundation, Higher Education Research and Development Survey, FY 2018.