Statistics on R&D Activities in the Business Sector Results by fields of operation PNPI sector. R+D results in 2012 by main variables and scientific discipline. Units: specified in variables PNPI Total Exact and natural sciences Engineering and technology Medical sciences Agricultural sciences Social sciences Humanities Number of units in R+D 87 .. .. .. .. .. .. Total personnel in R+D (number of persons) 833 47 176 422 .. 137 .. Personnel in R+D:Researchers 503 20 83 292 .. 75 .. Personnel in R+D:Technicians 256 23 85 93 .. 45 .. Personnel in R+D:Assistants 74 4 9 37 .. 17 .. Women in R+D (number of persons) 427 23 61 243 .. 70 .. Women in R+D:Researchers 241 11 25 160 .. 27 .. Women in R+D:Technicians 137 10 31 58 .. 30 .. Women in R+D: Assistants 49 2 5 25 .. 13 .. Total personnel in R+D (FTE) 442.4 33.3 107.5 199.9 .. 72.5 .. Total personnel in R+D (FTE):Researchers 232.0 12.3 37.7 120.5 .. 41.6 .. Total personnel in R+D (FTE):Technicians 167.3 18.2 62.2 59.1 .. 22.2 .. Total personnel in R+D (FTE):Assistants 43.1 2.8 7.7 20.3 .. 8.7 .. Women in R+D (FTE) 239.1 15.2 36.7 129.8 .. 39.0 .. Women in R+D (FTE):Researchers 123.4 7.0 14.7 72.8 .. 16.5 .. Women in R+D (FTE):Technicians 86.9 6.6 17.9 42.8 .. 15.3 .. Women in R+D (FTE):Assistants 28.8 1.6 4.2 14.2 .. 7.2 .. Doctors 254 7 9 196 .. 28 .. University graduates 397 31 132 137 .. 69 .. Diploma students 89 3 21 31 .. 28 .. Advanced Training Cycles 48 3 9 30 .. 6 .. Post-sec. ed. diploma, Prof.Training II, ind. masters 41 2 6 27 .. 4 .. Other studies 4 . . 1 .. 2 .. Expenditure on internal R+D (thousands of euros) 25,106 1,790 5,350 13,761 .. 3,165 .. Current expenditure 22,594 1,670 5,161 11,682 .. 3,092 .. Researchers' wages 7,873 408 844 4,382 .. 1,726 .. Technicians' and assistants' wages 5,641 675 1,908 2,006 .. 809 .. Other current expenses 9,080 587 2,408 5,295 .. 557 .. Capital expenditure 2,512 120 189 2,079 .. 73 .. Equipment and instruments 1,104 72 112 871 .. 36 .. Land and buildings 1,354 44 58 1,190 .. 29 .. Acquisition of specific R+D software 53 4 19 18 .. 8 .. Own funds 6,841 454 1,032 3,316 .. 1,473 .. Public financing 5,679 596 1,020 2,493 .. 1,204 .. From the State administration 3,268 473 728 1,141 .. 719 .. From the autonomous administrations 2,185 45 270 1,352 .. 431 .. From local administrations 225 78 22 . .. 54 .. Company financing 8,821 209 3,072 5,262 .. 214 .. University financing 105 21 44 39 .. 2 .. PNPI financing 2,260 338 85 1,773 .. 21 .. Foreign financing 1,400 173 97 877 .. 252 .. From EU programmes 1,132 12 97 809 .. 214 .. Other foreign funds 268 161 . 69 .. 38 .. Current expenditure in basic research (thousands of euros) 7,825 375 530 5,297 .. 1,113 .. Current expenditure in applied research (thousands of euros) 12,158 944 3,104 6,166 .. 1,595 .. Current expenditure in experimental development (thousands of euros) 2,611 351 1,527 220 .. 384 .. Expenditure on external R+D (thousands of euros) 669 50 50 172 .. 133 .. Expenditure on external R+D in Spain (thousands of euros) 641 46 36 170 .. 126 .. Expenditure on external R+D abroad (thousands of euros) 28 4 15 2 .. 7 .. Notes: .Data protected by statistical secrecy 1) '.'=numeric data equals zero not resulted by rounding off FTE: Full Time Equivalent Source: National Statistics Institute