Survey Materials

FY 1995 Optional Item 1

Contents

• Optional Item 1 Introduction
• Item 1A
• Item 1B

Optional Item 1

Current Fund Expenditures for Separately Budgeted R&D in the Sciences and Engineering, by Source of Funds, FY 1995

The National Science Foundation is continuing its evaluation of data provided in item 1, lines 1160, 1161, and 1162 of its Survey of Scientific and Engineering Expenditures at Universities and Colleges (R&D expenditures survey). In accordance with agreements concerning the R&D expenditures survey, the revised version is being included as an optional item with the FY 1995 survey.

To help NSF better evaluate the implications of this revision, please complete the unshaded portion of the optional item printed below (Item 1A).

In addition, please complete Item 1B on the reverse side of this page. These data will NOT be published or available on any basis to the public; they will be used only for internal analytic purposes. NSF would appreciate your comments about reporting in the optional format as opposed to the survey format.

Questions on optional item 1 can be directed to Marge Machen of NSF at (703) 306-1772.

Item 1A (revised):

ITEM 1B

"Subrecipient means any person or government department, agency, establishment, or nonprofit organization that receives financial assistance to carry out a program through a primary recipient or other subrecipient, but does not include an individual that is a beneficiary of such a program. A subrecipient may also be a direct recipient of Federal awards under other agreements." —OMB Circular A-133, Section 1.p.

Educational [subrecipients] refers to all academic colleges and universities and all units owned, operated, and controlled by such institutions.

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