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Is Federally Funded Research and Development Corp

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor’s site is classified as a Federally Funded Research and Development Corporation (FFRDC). It is part of vendor business type attributes at the vendor site level and reflects a specific federal-government-related organizational status.

Family: IDV
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__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__federalGovernment__isFederallyFundedResearchAndDevelopmentCorp
Title
Is Federally Funded Research and Development Corp
FPDS Path
IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/federalGovernment/isFederallyFundedResearchAndDevelopmentCorp
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor’s site is classified as a Federally Funded Research and Development Corporation (FFRDC). It is part of vendor business type attributes at the vendor site level and reflects a specific federal-government-related organizational status.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts identify awards associated with FFRDC vendors, which are subject to distinct policy, eligibility, and spending analysis considerations. It supports segmentation of federal obligations to research organizations and can be useful for compliance reviews, vendor classification analysis, and tracking spend concentrated in federally sponsored research entities.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
5,862,557

FPDS Compare

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

  • Filter awards or vendor records to isolate FFRDC-related activity
  • Segment procurement spend by vendor organizational status
  • Support compliance, policy, and research-institution analyses

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the flag applies to the entire parent vendor record rather than the specific site-level business type
  • Filtering on numeric values without verifying whether the extract uses boolean, code, or text representations

Query Guidance

Use this field in WHERE clauses to select records where the flag indicates true/yes, but verify the encoded representation in your extract first. When joining or aggregating, keep the vendor site granularity in mind and inspect companion description fields or source values if the flag appears as a code rather than a native boolean.

SQL Examples

Preview values

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

Flag distribution

SELECT
    content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__federalGovernment__isFederallyFundedResearchAndDevelopmentCorp AS flag_value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__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.