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Foreign Funding Description

Human-readable text that describes the award's foreign funding status. It is the descriptive label paired with the coded Foreign Funding value, such as "NOT APPLICABLE," and is used to make the underlying code understandable.

Family: Award
Category: Purchaser Information
Data Type: string
Semantic Type: description
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__purchaserInformation__foreignFunding__description
Title
Foreign Funding Description
FPDS Path
award/purchaserInformation/foreignFunding/description
Description
Human-readable text that describes the award's foreign funding status. It is the descriptive label paired with the coded Foreign Funding value, such as "NOT APPLICABLE," and is used to make the underlying code understandable.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts determine whether an award is associated with foreign funding and how that status is represented in the record. It is useful for compliance checks, funding-source analysis, and filtering awards where foreign funding may affect reporting, eligibility, or review requirements.
Example Value
NOT APPLICABLE
Observed Non-Null Count
111,455,676

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__purchaserInformation__foreignFunding__description
FPDS XML Path
award/purchaserInformation/foreignFunding/description
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'award/purchaserInformation/foreignFunding/description' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__award__purchaserInformation__foreignFunding__description'.

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building

Common Usage

  • Interpreting the meaning of the Foreign Funding code
  • Filtering awards with specific foreign funding statuses
  • Validating reporting output for funding-source classifications

Common Mistakes

  • Using the description as if it were the authoritative coded value
  • Assuming text labels are stable across all extracts or reporting periods

Query Guidance

Use this field for human-readable reporting or to decode the paired Foreign Funding code. For analysis, prefer the underlying code field for joins, grouping, and filtering; use this description to label results or to inspect observed values when the code is unclear.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__purchaserInformation__foreignFunding__description AS foreign_funding_description
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__purchaserInformation__foreignFunding__description IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

SELECT
    content__award__purchaserInformation__foreignFunding__description AS value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__purchaserInformation__foreignFunding__description IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY value
ORDER BY record_count DESC
LIMIT 25

Each dictionary item includes SQL-ready examples generated alongside the variable metadata, allowing immediate use in FPDS Query for filtering, aggregation, and analysis.