Glossary:R & D expenditure by source of funds

Research and development (R&D) expenditure by sources of funds describes the origin of the R & D funding for a statistical unit.

These transfers of R & D funds are measured in two ways:

• Performer-based reporting of the sums which one unit, organisation, or sector has received from another unit, organisation, or sector for the performance of intramural R & D.
• Source-based reporting of extramural expenditures which are the sums a unit, an organisation, or a sector reports having paid to another unit, organisation, or sector for the performance of R & D.

R & D funds are identified with two criteria: there must be a direct transfer of resources and this transfer must be both intended and used for the performance of R & D.

Related concepts

• R&D expenditure
• R&D intramural expenditure

Statistical data

• R&D expenditure

Source

• Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Frascati Manual 2015: The measurement of Scientific, Technological and Innovation Activities – Guidelines for collecting and reporting data on research and experimental development", OECD, Paris, 2015