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Is Federally Funded Research and Development Corp

Boolean flag indicating whether the vendor entity is a Federally Funded Research and Development Corporation (FFRDC). A value of 1/true means the record identifies the vendor as an FFRDC; 0/false means it does not. This is a classification attribute within the vendor business type hierarchy, not a contract action status.

Family: Award
Category: Vendor Site Details
Data Type: boolean_or_code_flag
Semantic Type: flag
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__federalGovernment__isFederallyFundedResearchAndDevelopmentCorp
Title
Is Federally Funded Research and Development Corp
FPDS Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/federalGovernment/isFederallyFundedResearchAndDevelopmentCorp
Description
Boolean flag indicating whether the vendor entity is a Federally Funded Research and Development Corporation (FFRDC). A value of 1/true means the record identifies the vendor as an FFRDC; 0/false means it does not. This is a classification attribute within the vendor business type hierarchy, not a contract action status.
Business Meaning
FFRDC status is important because these entities operate under a special federal relationship and are treated differently from commercial vendors in some procurement, oversight, and reporting analyses. Analysts use it to segment awards to federally sponsored research operators, assess reliance on FFRDCs, and support compliance or policy reviews tied to research and development spending.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
111,509,025

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__federalGovernment__isFederallyFundedResearchAndDevelopmentCorp
FPDS XML Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/federalGovernment/isFederallyFundedResearchAndDevelopmentCorp
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/federalGovernment/isFederallyFundedResearchAndDevelopmentCorp' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__federalGovernment__isFederallyFundedResearchAndDevelopmentCorp'.

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building
  • Contractor profiling and competitor analysis

Common Usage

  • Identify awards made to FFRDC vendors
  • Separate FFRDC spend from commercial vendor spend
  • Support R&D procurement and policy analysis

Common Mistakes

  • Treating the flag as a description rather than a yes/no indicator
  • Assuming null or missing values mean false without checking the extract

Query Guidance

Filter on the boolean value directly, for example WHERE isFederallyFundedResearchAndDevelopmentCorp = 1 or = true depending on the database type. For reporting, group by this flag only after normalizing NULLs and confirming whether the source uses 0/1, Y/N, or true/false encodings.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__federalGovernment__isFederallyFundedResearchAndDevelopmentCorp AS is_federally_funded_research_and_development_corp
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__federalGovernment__isFederallyFundedResearchAndDevelopmentCorp IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__federalGovernment__isFederallyFundedResearchAndDevelopmentCorp AS flag_value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__federalGovernment__isFederallyFundedResearchAndDevelopmentCorp IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY flag_value
ORDER BY record_count DESC

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