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R&D Expenditures, by
Source of Funding
50
Federally funded
40
30
20
Nonfederally funded
10
0
1972
1978
1984
1990
1996
2002
2008
2014
NOTES: Because of rounding, detail may not add to total. Includes all institutions reporting at least
$150,000 in R&D expenditures in the fiscal years shown. Prior to FY 2003, totals did not include R&D
expenditures in non-science and engineering fields.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher
Education Research and Development Survey.
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/
TABLE 1. Higher education R&D expenditures, by source of funds, R&D field, and survey
population: FY 2015
(Thousands of current dollars)
Survey population
Source of funds and R&D field
All institutions
Short form
Standard form
68,807,857
140,056
68,667,801
Federal government
State and local government
Institution funds
Business
Nonprofit organizations
All other sources
37,939,602
3,821,623
16,755,935
4,005,725
4,252,036
2,032,936
62,723
9,215
44,205
5,111
15,043
3,759
37,876,879
3,812,408
16,711,730
4,000,614
4,236,993
2,029,177
Science
Computer sciences
Environmental sciences
Life sciences
Mathematical sciences
Physical sciences
Psychology
Social sciences
Sciences, nec
Engineering
Non-science and engineering
54,076,389
1,966,814
3,259,240
38,861,041
646,515
4,732,198
1,188,935
2,335,018
1,086,628
11,081,373
3,650,095
102,809
3,242
10,172
41,025
4,803
20,901
4,919
13,126
4,621
11,115
26,132
53,973,580
1,963,572
3,249,068
38,820,016
641,712
4,711,297
1,184,016
2,321,892
1,082,007
11,070,258
3,623,963
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2012
2013
2014
2015
% change
201415
65,274
65,729
67,013
67,200
68,668
2.2
40,766
4,814
1,866
22,994
1,423
5,140
1,004
3,524
40,140
4,908
1,955
21,916
1,331
5,276
1,092
3,663
39,444
5,023
1,876
21,211
1,332
5,393
1,089
3,519
37,961
4,927
1,806
20,298
1,329
5,125
1,063
3,413
37,877
5,095
1,713
20,025
1,419
5,114
1,114
3,398
-0.2
3.4
-5.1
-1.3
6.7
-0.2
4.8
-0.4
24,508
3,828
12,611
3,178
3,854
1,038
25,589
3,694
13,633
3,270
4,022
969
27,569
3,653
14,984
3,506
3,889
1,538
29,239
3,858
15,788
3,722
3,964
1,907
30,791
3,812
16,712
4,001
4,237
2,029
5.3
-1.2
5.9
7.5
6.9
6.4
Source of funds
All R&D expenditures
DOD = Department of Defense; DOE = Department of Energy; HHS = Department of Health and Human Services; NASA = National
Aeronautics and Space Administration; NSF = National Science Foundation; USDA = Department of Agriculture.
NOTES: Because of rounding, detail may not add to total. Beginning with FY 2012, institutions reporting less than $1 million in total
R&D expenditures completed a shorter version of the survey questionnaire.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education Research and
Development Survey.
November 2016
Note
1. Ronda Britt, Research and Development Statistics Program, National Center
for Science and Engineering Statistics,
National Science Foundation, 4201
Wilson Boulevard, Suite 965, Arlington,
VA 22230 (rbritt@nsf.gov; 703-292-7765).
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FY 2014
FY 2015
% change
201415
67,200
52,795
1,927
3,230
502
1,160
1,072
497
37,961
3,390
11,706
20,711
2,155
658
4,617
567
1,724
2,056
270
1,142
2,216
430
427
505
853
1,045
10,976
662
952
907
1,257
2,480
1,505
1,203
2,011
3,428
483
167
1,245
402
149
226
96
660
68,668
53,974
1,964
3,249
576
1,110
1,052
511
38,820
3,465
11,711
21,347
2,297
642
4,711
673
1,758
2,053
227
1,184
2,322
462
460
525
875
1,082
11,070
734
1,004
915
1,288
2,494
1,516
1,096
2,024
3,624
571
168
1,292
430
175
216
101
671
2.2
2.2
1.9
0.6
14.7
-4.3
-1.9
2.8
2.3
2.2
0.0
3.1
6.6
-2.4
2.0
18.7
2.0
-0.1
-15.9
3.7
4.8
7.4
7.7
4.0
2.6
3.5
0.9
10.9
5.5
0.9
2.5
0.6
0.7
-8.9
0.6
5.7
18.2
0.6
3.8
7.0
17.4
-4.4
5.2
1.7
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TABLE 4. Higher education R&D expenditures, ranked by FY 2015 R&D expenditures: FYs 201315
(Millions of current dollars)
Rank Institution
All institutions
Leading 30 institutions in FY 2015
1 Johns Hopkins U.a
2 U. Michigan, Ann Arbor
3 U. Washington, Seattle
4 U. California, San Francisco
5 U. California, San Diego
6 U. Wisconsin-Madison
7 Duke U.
8 Stanford U.
9 U. California, Los Angeles
10 Harvard U.
11 U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill
12 Cornell U.
13 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
14 U. Minnesota, Twin Cities
15 Columbia U. in the City of New York
16 Texas A&M U., College Station and Health Science Center
17 U. Pennsylvania
18 U. Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh
19 U. Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
20 Ohio State U.
21 Yale U.
22 Pennsylvania State U., University Park and Hershey Medical Center
23 U. California, Berkeley
24 Georgia Institute of Technology
25 U. Florida
26 U. California, Davis
27 Washington U., Saint Louis
28 U. Southern California
29 Northwestern U.
30 U. Texas, Austin
a
2013
2014
2015
% change
201415
67,013
27,504
2,169
1,375
1,193
1,043
1,076
1,124
993
945
967
1,013
973
845
901
858
889
820
828
873
718
793
789
838
727
730
695
726
685
646
640
634
67,200
27,651
2,242
1,349
1,176
1,084
1,067
1,109
1,037
959
948
934
990
883
908
877
891
854
828
857
795
815
773
801
744
726
709
712
665
687
645
585
68,668
28,391
2,306
1,369
1,181
1,127
1,101
1,069
1,037
1,023
1,021
1,014
967
954
931
881
868
867
864
861
833
818
803
791
789
765
740
721
694
691
656
651
2.2
2.7
2.9
1.5
0.4
4.0
3.2
-3.6
0.0
6.7
7.7
8.6
-2.3
8.0
2.5
0.5
-2.6
1.5
4.3
0.5
4.8
0.4
3.9
-1.2
6.0
5.4
4.4
1.3
4.4
0.6
1.7
11.3
Johns Hopkins University includes Applied Physics Laboratory, with $1,328 million in total R&D expenditures in FY 2015.
NOTES: Because of rounding, detail may not add to total. Institutions ranked are geographically separate campuses headed by a campus-level
president or chancellor.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education Research and Development
Survey.
November 2016
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50
40
30
20
Contracts
10
0
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher
Education Research and Development Survey.
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