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Table A-18. Imputed amounts for total and federally financed higher education R&D equipment expenditures, 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 2,145,595 7,574 0.4 937,654 4,719 0.5
All science and engineering 2,103,874 81,185 3.9 930,304 27,805 3.0
Computer and information sciences 89,849 7,312 8.1 54,242 1,621 3.0
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 95,496 2,083 2.2 55,245 326 0.6
Atmospheric science and meteorology 17,113 430 2.5 13,164 50 0.4
Geological and earth sciences 39,840 612 1.5 18,394 221 1.2
Ocean sciences and marine sciences 33,037 451 1.4 21,005 55 0.3
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, nec 5,506 590 10.7 2,682 0 0.0
Life sciences 874,888 14,798 1.7 308,541 8,107 2.6
Agricultural sciences 79,387 132 0.2 16,182 92 0.6
Biological and biomedical sciences 394,038 8,170 2.1 162,677 4,313 2.7
Health sciences 357,822 6,395 1.8 118,368 3,633 3.1
Natural resources and conservation 13,783 28 0.2 2,571 13 0.5
Life sciences, nec 29,858 73 0.2 8,743 56 0.6
Mathematics and statistics 9,342 4,022 43.1 4,602 769 16.7
Physical sciences 383,982 12,085 3.1 227,016 3,930 1.7
Astronomy and astrophysics 31,098 2,226 7.2 16,042 880 5.5
Chemistry 120,695 1,157 1.0 54,685 625 1.1
Materials science 17,263 39 0.2 9,795 39 0.4
Physics 191,497 6,018 3.1 139,781 2,131 1.5
Physical sciences, nec 23,429 2,645 11.3 6,713 255 3.8
Psychology 16,325 110 0.7 8,261 65 0.8
Social sciences 13,059 360 2.8 2,143 166 7.7
Anthropology 1,886 2 0.1 628 0 0.0
Economics 3,443 18 0.5 182 7 3.8
Political science and government 905 52 5.7 236 31 13.1
Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,302 196 15.1 273 71 26.0
Social sciences, nec 5,523 92 1.7 824 57 6.9
Sciences, nec 26,892 1,708 6.4 5,672 695 12.3
Engineering 594,041 38,707 6.5 264,582 12,126 4.6
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 31,210 4,140 13.3 16,794 1,145 6.8
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 67,052 1,050 1.6 27,629 534 1.9
Chemical engineering 42,024 468 1.1 15,903 168 1.1
Civil engineering 32,581 300 0.9 11,049 139 1.3
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 125,712 19,406 15.4 74,211 5,513 7.4
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 23,557 3,178 13.5 15,925 871 5.5
Mechanical engineering 85,668 7,051 8.2 42,064 2,748 6.5
Metallurgical and materials engineering 51,129 709 1.4 30,369 352 1.2
Engineering, nec 135,108 2,405 1.8 30,638 656 2.1
All non-science and engineering 41,721 603 1.4 7,350 257 3.5
Business management and business administration 5,962 59 1.0 426 19 4.5
Communication and communications technologies 4,020 4 0.1 267 1 0.4
Education 6,448 251 3.9 1,323 175 13.2
Humanities 6,263 80 1.3 1,893 30 1.6
Law 326 34 10.4 33 6 18.2
Social work 217 8 3.7 71 4 5.6
Visual and performing arts 1,195 6 0.5 181 0 0.0
Non-science and engineering, nec 17,290 161 0.9 3,156 22 0.7
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. 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.