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R&D Expenditures by Source and Type

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1. R&D expenditures by source of funds
Question 1
How much of your total expenditures for separately budgeted research and development (R&D) came
from the following sources in FY 2010?
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In rows a, b, c, d, and f: Include both direct and recovered indirect costs (reimbursement of Facilities and
Administrative (F&A) costs from external sponsors).
Report the original source of funds, when possible.
Include all fields of R&D: sciences, engineering, humanities, education, law, arts, etc. See full listing in
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R&D Expenditures from Federal Resources

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9A. R&D expenditures by field and federal agency source: Engineering
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Question 9A
What were your FY 2010 R&D expenditures in engineering funded by the federal agency sources below?
(R&D expenditures from nonfederal sources will be reported in Question 12.)
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Question 9 total should match Question 1, row a.
List of agencies and subagencies (PDF, 00KB) belonging to each department/agency shown below.
If an individual project involves more than one of the 36 fields of R&D, please prorate expenditures
when possible and report the amount for each field involved.
For subrecipient funding, report the agency that sponsored the original award.

R&D Expenditures from Federal Sources
(dollars in thousands)

R&D Fields

A

B

C

D

E

F

H

USDA

DOD

Energy

HHS
(incl. NIH)

NASA

NSF

Total

A. Engineering
1. Aeronautical/
Astonautical

$$

0

$$

0

$$ 0

$$ 0

$$ 0

$
$

0

$0

2. Bioengineering/
Biomedical eng.

$$

0

$ 0
$

$$ 0

$$ 0

$$ 0

$
$

0

$0

3. Chemical

$$

0

$ 0
$

$$ 0

$$ 0

$ 0
$

$$

0

$0

4. Civil

$$

0

$0

$$ 0

$$ 0

$ 0
$

$$

0

$0

5. Electrical

$$

0

$ 0
$

$$ 0

$$ 0

$ 0
$

$$

0

$0

6. Mechanical

$$

0

$ 0
$

$$ 0

$$ 0

$$ 0

$
$

0

$0

7. Metallurgical/
Materials

$$

0

$0

$$ 0

$$ 0

$0

$$

0

$0

8. Other
engineering

$$

0

$$

0

$ 0
$

$ 0
$

$ 0
$

$$

0

$0

9. Total

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

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Error – You reported expenditures for clinical trials, but the checkbox indicates that you did NOT have clinical
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Trend Variance - Question 1, row g
$xxxxx represents a large decrease from last year's value $xxxx. Enter an explanation.

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Trend Variance
Pass-through and subrecipient R&D expenditures
Status
7. Subrecipient R&D Expenditures
1 trend variance
Trend Variance - Question 7, row b, column 1
$7,488 Subrecipient Federal funds from other sources represents a large decrease from last year's value
($9000). Enter an explanation.
How much
of your
reported
in Questionfunded
1 did your
institution
receive sources
as a
What
were your
FY R&D
2010expenditures
R&D expenditures
in engineering
by the
federal agency
below?
subrecipient?
(R&D
expenditures from nonfederal sources will be reported in Question 12.)
The subrecipient for an award carries out the work but receives the funds from a pass-through entity rather
than directly from the original funding source. See OMB Circular A-133, Section 105 for the federal definition.
Subrecipients
tend9 to
beshould
the co-authors
of publications,
· Question
total
match Question
1, row a.writers of technical reports discussing findings,
inventors,
Do not include
vendor relationships.
A vendor
receives
payment
for goods and shown
services
· Listetc.
of agencies
and subagencies
(PDF, 00KB)
belonging
to each
department/agency
below.
provided.
Seeindividual
OMB Circular
Section
· If an
projectA-133,
involves
more210.
than one of the 36 fields of R&D, please prorate expenditures
when possible and report the amount for each field involved.
· For subrecipient funding, report the agency that sponsored the original award.
R&D Expenditures (dollars in thousands)
R&D Expenditures from Federal Sources
(dollars in thousands)
(1)
(2)
(3)
Source of Funds

Federal

Nonfederal

Total

a. From higher education institutions
Colleges and universities and units owned,
operated, and controlled by such institutions

$

b. From other sources

$
$7488

$

$7488

c. Total

$7488

$

$

$

$

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Trend Variance
Pass-through and subrecipient R&D expenditures
Status
7. Subrecipient R&D Expenditures
1 trend variance
Trend Variance - Question 7, row b, column 1
$7,488 Subrecipient Federal funds from other sources represents a large decrease from last year's value
($9000). Enter an explanation.
How much
of your
reported
in Questionfunded
1 did your
institution
receive sources
as a
What
were your
FY R&D
2010expenditures
R&D expenditures
in engineering
by the
federal agency
below?
subrecipient?
(R&D
expendituresQuestion
from nonfederal
will be reported in Question 12.)
7, Rowsources
B Explanation
The subrecipient for an award carries out the work but receives the funds from a pass-through entity rather
than directly from the original funding source. See OMB Circular A-133, Section 105 for the federal definition.
Subrecipients
tend9 to
beshould
the co-authors
of publications,
· Question
total
match Question
1, row a.writers of technical reports discussing findings,
inventors,
Do not include
vendor relationships.
A vendor
receives
payment
for goods and shown
services
· Listetc.
of agencies
and subagencies
(PDF, 00KB)
belonging
to each
department/agency
below.
provided.
Seeindividual
OMB Circular
Section
· If an
projectA-133,
involves
more210.
than one of the 36 fields of R&D, please prorate expenditures
when possible and report the amount for each field involved.
· For subrecipient funding, report the agency that sponsored the original award.
R&D Expenditures (dollars in thousands)
R&D Expenditures from Federal Sources
(dollars in thousands)
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(1)
(2)
(3)
Source of Funds

Federal

Nonfederal

Total

a. From higher education institutions
Colleges and universities and units owned,
operated, and controlled by such institutions

$

b. From other sources

$
$7488

$

$7488

c. Total

$7488

$

$

$

$

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Trend Variance
Pass-through and subrecipient R&D expenditures
Status
7. Subrecipient R&D Expenditures
1 trend variance
Trend Variance - Question 7, row b, column 1
$7,488 Subrecipient Federal funds from other sources represents a large decrease from last year's value
($9000). Update explanation.
How much
of your
reported
in Questionfunded
1 did your
institution
receive sources
as a
What
were your
FY R&D
2010expenditures
R&D expenditures
in engineering
by the
federal agency
below?
subrecipient?
(R&D
expenditures from nonfederal sources will be reported in Question 12.)
The subrecipient for an award carries out the work but receives the funds from a pass-through entity rather
than directly from the original funding source. See OMB Circular A-133, Section 105 for the federal definition.
Subrecipients
tend9 to
beshould
the co-authors
of publications,
· Question
total
match Question
1, row a.writers of technical reports discussing findings,
inventors,
Do not include
vendor relationships.
A vendor
receives
payment
for goods and shown
services
· Listetc.
of agencies
and subagencies
(PDF, 00KB)
belonging
to each
department/agency
below.
provided.
Seeindividual
OMB Circular
Section
· If an
projectA-133,
involves
more210.
than one of the 36 fields of R&D, please prorate expenditures
when possible and report the amount for each field involved.
· For subrecipient funding, report the agency that sponsored the original award.
R&D Expenditures (dollars in thousands)
R&D Expenditures from Federal Sources
(dollars in thousands)
(1)
(2)
(3)
Source of Funds

Federal

Nonfederal

Total

a. From higher education institutions
Colleges and universities and units owned,
operated, and controlled by such institutions

$

b. From other sources

$
$7488

$

$7488

c. Total

$7488

$

$

$

$

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Errors
R&D Expenditures by Source and Type
Status
2. Foreign Funding for R&D
1 error
Error - The value entered should not be greater than the total of all non-government sources in Question 1
(rows c, d, and f): $214

How much
of theFY
total
R&D
expenditures
reported
in Question
1 came
from
foreign
sources?
What
were your
2010
R&D
expenditures
in engineering
funded
by the
federal
agency
sources below?
(R&D expenditures from nonfederal sources will be reported in Question 12.)
· Include foreign governments, businesses, universities, nonprofit organizations, and any other entity sending
funds to the U.S. from a location outside the U.S. and its territories.
· Projects sponsored by a U.S. location of a foreign company are not considered foreign.
Question
9 total should
match Question
1, rowlocated
a.
· ·Include
international
governmental
organizations
in the U.S., such as the United Nations, the World
·Bank,
Listand
of agencies
and subagencies
(PDF, 00KB) belonging to each department/agency shown below.
the International
Monetary Fund.
· If an individual project involves more than one of the 36 fields of R&D, please prorate expenditures
when possible and report the amount for each field involved.
R&D· Expenditures
(dollars
in thousands)
For subrecipient
funding,
report the agency that sponsored the original award.
R&D Expenditures from Federal Sources
Total R&D
Expenditures from foreign sources
(dollars
in thousands)

$
$300

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