Federal Science Expenditures and Personnel, Activities in the Social Sciences and Natural Sciences

Main contributing departments and agencies for science funding of institutional unit, name

Main contributing departments and agencies for science funding refers to Departments and agencies that contributed 2% or more to the total fiscal year science and technology expenditures are named.

Institutional unit refers to an economic entity that is capable, in its own right, of owning assets, incurring liabilities, and engaging in economic activities and in transactions with other entities. There is a hierarchical relationship between institutional units and establishments. An institutional unit contains one or more entire establishment(s); an establishment belongs to one and only one institutional unit. There are two main types of units in the real world that may qualify as institutional units, namely persons or groups of persons in the form of households, and legal or social entities.

The data for this variable are reported using the following classifications and/or lists:

• List of major departments and agencies