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Table 366. Summary of federal funds for research, development, and R&D plant, by performers and fields of science: Fiscal years 1997 through 2005

[In millions of current dollars]
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                                                              |                                   Actual                                     |             Estimated
                                                              |______________________________________________________________________________|__________________________________
                                                              |          |          |          |          |            |          |          |           |           |   Percent
                                                              |          |          |          |          |            |          |          |           |           |   change,
                                                              |          |          |          |          |            |          |          |           |           |   2004 to
Performers and fields of science                              |      1997|      1998|      1999|      2000|        2001|      2002|      2003|       2004|       2005|      2005
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Total outlays for research, development, and                  |          |          |          |          |            |          |          |           |           |
   R&D plant .................................................| $70,892.0| $72,295.6| $72,613.9| $74,077.0|   $79,692.2| $85,100.8| $93,938.6| $100,939.2| $106,722.7|       5.7
  Research and development ...................................|  68,897.2|  70,434.5|  70,585.2|  69,807.3|    75,335.7|  80,712.5|  89,780.7|   97,273.9|  103,086.9|       6.0
  R & D plant ................................................|   1,994.8|   1,861.1|   2,028.7|   4,269.7|     4,356.5|   4,388.3|   4,157.9|    3,665.2|    3,635.8|      -0.8
                                                              |==========|==========|==========|==========|============|==========|==========|===========|===========|==========
Total obligations for research, development, and              |          |          |          |          |            |          |          |           |           |
   R&D plant .................................................|  71,744.7|  73,743.5|  77,386.6|  77,356.1|    84,003.0|  90,157.7|  97,927.9|  106,488.4|  110,193.1|       3.5
                                                              |==========|==========|==========|==========|============|==========|==========|===========|===========|==========
  Research and development obligations .......................|  69,829.9|  71,903.3|  75,340.8|  72,863.2|    79,933.2|  85,853.0|  93,661.3|  102,720.5|  106,486.7|       3.7
                                                              |          |          |          |          |            |          |          |           |           |
  Performers                                                  |          |          |          |          |            |          |          |           |           |
    Federal intramural\1\ ....................................|  16,720.0|  17,114.0|  18,084.7|  17,149.8|    20,219.8|  21,044.8|  22,861.6|   24,718.4|   24,812.1|       0.4
    Industrial firms .........................................|  31,418.0|  31,839.7|  31,901.6|  27,735.5|    27,006.2|  29,538.2|  33,852.7|   38,935.6|   42,937.8|      10.3
    FFRDCs\2\ administered by industrial firms ...............|   1,128.2|   1,188.8|   1,328.1|   1,100.9|     1,186.6|   1,351.1|   1,507.6|    1,562.4|    1,639.3|       4.9
    Universities and colleges ................................|  12,561.1|  13,365.9|  14,959.1|  16,815.1|    19,587.9|  21,290.1|  22,693.5|   23,960.8|   23,900.3|      -0.3
    FFRDCs\2\ administered by universities and colleges ......|   3,701.1|   3,890.2|   3,896.5|   4,053.2|     4,617.7|   4,641.2|   4,754.2|    4,951.5|    4,955.4|       0.1
    Other nonprofit institutions .............................|   2,962.1|   3,155.1|   3,608.8|   4,216.6|     5,138.8|   5,739.1|   5,706.7|    6,106.2|    5,971.5|      -2.2
    FFRDCs\2\ administered by nonprofit institutions .........|     821.0|     603.0|     913.3|   1,231.5|     1,269.1|   1,404.8|   1,352.8|    1,587.6|    1,463.9|      -7.8
    State and local governments ..............................|     261.1|     447.5|     357.5|     224.0|       450.6|     452.2|     400.0|      501.3|      419.3|     -16.4
    Foreign ..................................................|     257.5|     299.1|     291.3|     336.7|       456.5|     391.6|     532.4|      396.8|      387.1|      -2.4
                                                              |==========|==========|==========|==========|============|==========|==========|===========|===========|==========
      Research obligations ...................................|  29,365.6|  30,922.3|  33,527.5|  38,470.5|    44,713.7|  48,006.7|  51,071.8|   54,449.7|   54,698.0|       0.5
                                                              |          |          |          |          |            |          |          |           |           |
      Performers                                              |          |          |          |          |            |          |          |           |           |
        Federal intramural\1\ ................................|   7,667.2|   7,964.7|   8,685.8|   9,449.6|    11,130.9|  11,857.4|  12,419.6|   13,298.5|   13,282.5|      -0.1
        Industrial firms .....................................|   4,392.1|   4,635.1|   4,579.8|   4,801.2|     5,262.3|   5,786.8|   6,042.4|    6,607.9|    6,686.8|       1.2
        FRDCs\2\ administered by industrial firms ............|     759.6|     844.1|     879.3|     700.3|       822.3|     937.3|   1,103.5|    1,157.7|    1,232.8|       6.5
        Universities and colleges ............................|  11,173.2|  11,741.0|  13,203.8|  16,015.9|    18,657.1|  20,285.4|  21,676.5|   22,865.5|   22,994.5|       0.6
        FFRDCs\2\ administered by universities and colleges ..|   2,598.9|   2,743.0|   2,554.1|   2,773.2|     3,096.3|   3,219.4|   3,272.6|    3,493.6|    3,518.3|       0.7
        Other nonprofit institutions .........................|   2,294.9|   2,425.2|   2,806.7|   3,719.8|     4,577.9|   4,723.0|   5,196.3|    5,544.4|    5,520.0|      -0.4
        FFRDCs\2\ administered by nonprofit institutions .....|     217.5|     214.5|     469.5|     696.1|       739.4|     749.6|     779.0|      829.8|      845.8|       1.9
        State and local governments ..........................|     144.0|     240.1|     232.4|     162.5|       308.7|     275.5|     305.8|      363.7|      327.4|     -10.0
        Foreign ..............................................|     118.1|     114.5|     116.1|     152.0|       118.9|     172.3|     276.1|      288.6|      289.9|       0.5
                                                              |          |          |          |          |            |          |          |           |           |
      Fields of science                                       |          |          |          |          |            |          |          |           |           |
        Life sciences ........................................|  12,661.3|  13,557.6|  15,422.5|  17,964.7|    23,057.3|  25,476.8|  27,772.2|   29,745.9|   29,790.6|       0.2
        Psychology ...........................................|     545.4|     591.0|     632.6|   1,626.7|       741.9|     905.9|   1,104.4|    1,149.8|    1,157.0|       0.6
        Physical sciences ....................................|   4,148.7|   4,209.7|   4,066.2|   4,787.9|     4,600.8|   4,983.2|   5,021.6|    5,384.3|    5,373.4|      -0.2
        Environmental sciences ...............................|   3,045.7|   3,062.0|   3,095.3|   3,328.8|     3,251.7|   3,418.3|   3,740.9|    3,957.3|    3,915.9|      -1.0
        Mathematics and computer sciences ....................|   1,671.8|   1,836.8|   1,980.6|   2,205.6|     2,610.6|   2,630.7|   1,104.4|    1,149.8|    1,157.0|       0.6
        Engineering ..........................................|   5,690.3|   5,895.4|   6,263.4|   6,346.4|     8,197.0|   8,274.9|   8,405.1|    9,043.6|    9,147.1|       1.1
        Social sciences ......................................|     696.3|     806.1|     854.9|   1,050.3|     1,008.6|   1,038.5|   1,025.8|    1,067.2|    1,081.4|       1.3
        Other sciences .......................................|     906.1|     963.7|   1,212.1|   1,160.2|     1,245.8|   1,278.4|   1,329.3|    1,295.8|    1,391.2|       7.4
                                                              |__________|__________|__________|__________|____________|__________|__________|___________|___________|___________
      Basic research obligations .............................|  14,942.2|  15,613.0|  17,443.7|  19,569.8|    21,958.1|  23,668.3|  24,751.4|   26,436.4|   26,860.3|       1.6
                                                              |          |          |          |          |            |          |          |           |           |
      Performers                                              |          |          |          |          |            |          |          |           |           |
        Federal intramural\1\ ................................|   2,688.6|   2,917.8|   3,255.2|   3,621.8|     4,193.8|   4,460.0|   4,662.1|    4,814.2|    5,106.5|       6.1
        Industrial firms .....................................|   1,166.7|   1,119.7|   1,082.8|   1,356.5|       917.1|   1,231.9|   1,279.6|    1,677.4|    1,674.8|      -0.2
        FFRDCs\2\ administered by industrial firms ...........|     294.7|     326.4|     313.4|     171.3|       175.1|     239.6|     312.8|      332.4|      342.2|       2.9
        Universities and colleges ............................|   7,695.8|   7,952.2|   9,107.1|  10,056.7|    11,792.2|  12,668.2|  13,151.8|   13,759.5|   13,924.5|       1.2
        FFRDCs\2\ administered by universities and colleges ..|   1,600.0|   1,642.3|   1,565.5|   1,674.0|     1,762.1|   1,805.2|   1,827.8|    2,037.1|    1,985.0|      -2.6
        Other nonprofit institutions .........................|   1,289.6|   1,397.6|   1,650.0|   1,985.3|     2,441.7|   2,531.7|   2,703.9|    2,951.5|    2,920.6|      -1.0
        FFRDCs\2\ administered by nonprofit institutions .....|      88.4|     121.8|     354.9|     521.6|       540.5|     563.4|     582.1|      621.0|      655.1|       5.5
        State and local governments ..........................|      68.4|      84.9|      61.4|      75.7|        71.5|      71.5|      85.4|       89.5|       93.1|       4.0
        Foreign ..............................................|      49.9|      50.4|      53.4|     106.9|        64.0|      96.8|     146.1|      153.8|      158.5|       3.1
                                                              |          |          |          |          |            |          |          |           |           |
      Fields of science                                       |          |          |          |          |            |          |          |           |           |
        Life sciences ........................................|   7,203.8|   7,853.4|   9,197.1|  10,049.0|    12,835.5|  14,024.1|  14,765.3|   15,494.9|   15,669.0|       1.1
        Psychology ...........................................|     293.9|     312.0|     347.3|     817.8|       292.9|     464.6|     543.8|      559.0|      574.4|       2.8
        Physical sciences ....................................|   2,976.4|   2,941.4|   3,089.8|   3,470.6|     3,327.1|   3,405.9|   3,454.0|    3,850.2|    3,849.8|       0.0
        Environmental sciences ...............................|   1,543.5|   1,528.7|   1,615.7|   1,838.4|     1,663.0|   1,833.3|   1,899.5|    2,145.3|    2,127.1|      -0.9
        Mathematics and computer sciences ....................|     661.4|     705.5|     734.9|     798.3|       957.8|     998.7|   1,120.2|    1,171.4|    1,186.3|       1.3
        Engineering ..........................................|   1,583.0|   1,594.4|   1,639.7|   1,764.2|     1,911.5|   1,864.9|   1,913.1|    2,152.0|    2,362.0|       9.8
        Social sciences ......................................|     221.0|     224.8|     246.5|     308.0|       278.4|     361.7|     352.8|      357.9|      369.9|       3.3
        Other sciences .......................................|     459.3|     452.7|     572.5|     523.6|       691.7|     715.2|     702.7|      705.6|      721.8|       2.3
                                                              |          |          |          |          |            |          |          |           |           |
Applied research obligations .................................|  14,423.4|  15,309.3|  16,083.7|  18,900.7|    22,755.6|  24,338.4|  26,320.4|   28,013.3|   27,837.7|      -0.6
      Performers                                              |          |          |          |          |            |          |          |           |           |
        Federal intramural\1\ ................................|   4,978.7|   5,046.9|   5,430.6|   5,827.8|     6,937.2|   7,397.4|   7,757.5|    8,484.3|    8,175.9|      -3.6
        Industrial firms .....................................|   3,225.5|   3,515.4|   3,497.0|   3,444.6|     4,345.2|   4,554.9|   4,762.8|    4,930.5|    5,012.0|       1.7
        FFRDCs\2\ administered by industrial firms ...........|     464.9|     517.7|     565.8|     528.9|       647.2|     697.7|     790.7|      825.2|      890.6|       7.9
        Universities and colleges ............................|   3,477.4|   3,788.9|   4,096.7|   5,959.2|     6,864.9|   7,617.2|   8,524.7|    9,106.0|    9,070.0|      -0.4
        FFRDCs\2\ administered by universities and colleges ..|     998.8|   1,100.7|     988.6|   1,099.2|     1,334.2|   1,414.1|   1,444.8|    1,456.6|    1,533.3|       5.3
        Other nonprofit institutions .........................|   1,005.3|   1,027.7|   1,156.7|   1,734.5|     2,136.2|   2,191.3|   2,492.5|    2,592.9|    2,599.4|       0.2
        FFRDCs\2\ administered by nonprofit institutions .....|     129.2|      92.6|     114.6|     174.5|       198.9|     186.2|     197.0|      208.8|      190.7|      -8.7
        State and local governments ..........................|      75.5|     155.2|     171.0|      86.9|       237.1|     204.0|     220.4|      274.2|      234.3|     -14.5
        Foreign ..............................................|      68.2|      64.1|      62.8|      45.1|        54.9|      75.6|     130.0|      134.8|      131.4|      -2.5
                                                              |          |          |          |          |            |          |          |           |           |
      Fields of science                                       |          |          |          |          |            |          |          |           |           |
        Life sciences ........................................|   5,457.6|   5,704.1|   6,225.3|   7,915.7|    10,221.8|  11,452.7|  13,007.0|   14,251.0|   14,121.6|      -0.9
        Psychology ...........................................|     251.5|     279.0|     285.3|     808.9|       449.0|     441.3|     560.6|      590.8|      582.5|      -1.4
        Physical sciences ....................................|   1,172.4|   1,268.3|     976.4|   1,317.3|     1,273.6|   1,577.4|   1,567.6|    1,534.1|    1,523.6|      -0.7
        Environmental sciences ...............................|   1,502.2|   1,533.2|   1,479.5|   1,490.3|     1,588.6|   1,585.0|   1,841.4|    1,812.0|    1,788.8|      -1.3
        Mathematics and computer sciences ....................|   1,010.5|   1,131.4|   1,245.7|   1,407.3|     1,652.8|   1,632.0|   1,552.2|    1,634.4|    1,655.1|       1.3
        Engineering ..........................................|   4,107.3|   4,301.0|   4,623.7|   4,582.2|     6,285.5|   6,410.0|   6,492.0|    6,891.6|    6,785.1|      -1.5
        Social sciences ......................................|     475.3|     581.3|     608.3|     742.3|       730.2|     676.9|     673.0|      709.2|      711.6|       0.3
        Other sciences .......................................|     446.8|     510.9|     639.6|     636.6|       554.1|     563.3|     626.6|      590.2|      669.4|      13.4
                                                              |          |          |          |          |            |          |          |           |           |
Development obligations ......................................|  40,464.3|  40,981.0|  41,813.1|  34,392.7|    35,219.5|  37,846.3|  42,589.5|   48,270.9|   51,788.7|       7.3
  Performers                                                  |          |          |          |          |            |          |          |           |           |
    Federal intramural\1\ ....................................|   9,052.7|   9,149.3|   9,398.9|   7,700.2|     9,088.9|   9,187.4|  10,442.0|   11,419.9|   11,529.7|       1.0
    Industrial firms .........................................|  27,025.8|  27,204.6|  27,321.8|  22,934.4|    21,744.0|  23,751.4|  27,810.3|   32,327.7|   36,251.0|      12.1
    FFRDCs\2\ administered by industrial firms ...............|     368.6|     344.7|     448.8|     400.6|       364.3|     413.7|     404.1|      404.7|      406.5|       0.4
    Universities and colleges ................................|   1,387.9|   1,624.8|   1,755.3|     799.3|       930.8|   1,004.7|   1,017.0|    1,095.3|      905.8|     -17.3
    FFRDCs\2\ administered by universities and colleges ......|   1,102.1|   1,147.2|   1,342.3|   1,279.9|     1,521.4|   1,421.8|   1,481.6|    1,457.9|    1,437.1|      -1.4
    Other nonprofit institutions .............................|     667.2|     729.9|     802.0|     496.8|       560.8|   1,016.1|     510.3|      561.7|      451.5|     -19.6
    FFRDCs\2\ administered by nonprofit institutions .........|     603.4|     388.5|     443.7|     535.4|       529.7|     655.2|     573.7|      757.7|      618.0|     -18.4
    State and local governments ..............................|     117.1|     207.4|     125.1|      61.5|       141.9|     176.7|      94.1|      137.6|       91.9|     -33.2
    Foreign ..................................................|     139.3|     184.6|     175.2|     184.7|       337.6|     219.2|     256.3|      108.3|       97.3|     -10.2
                                                              |==========|==========|==========|==========|============|==========|==========|===========|===========|==========
R&D plant obligations ........................................|   1,914.8|   1,840.2|   2,045.8|   4,492.8|     4,069.8|   4,304.7|   4,266.5|    3,767.8|    3,706.4|      -1.6
                                                              |          |          |          |          |            |          |          |           |           |
  Performers                                                  |          |          |          |          |            |          |          |           |           |
    Federal intramural\1\ ....................................|     608.3|     475.3|     483.3|     573.3|       520.4|     414.8|     609.7|      464.2|      476.2|       2.6
    Industrial firms .........................................|     389.8|     487.7|     544.7|   2,814.6|     2,179.8|   2,524.9|   1,817.0|    1,875.5|    1,895.8|       1.1
    FFRDCs\2\ administered by industrial firms ...............|      60.5|      45.6|     172.8|      27.6|        41.8|     109.1|     145.7|      182.4|       83.7|     -54.1
    Universities and colleges ................................|     238.6|     139.5|     141.2|     213.5|       284.7|     241.1|     686.9|      347.2|      395.8|      14.0
    FFRDCs\2\ administered by universities and colleges ......|     548.8|     663.6|     615.5|     613.8|       615.9|     583.3|     578.4|      568.7|      541.9|      -4.7
    Other nonprofit institutions .............................|      16.7|      10.9|      12.2|      55.5|        27.9|      29.1|      70.7|       54.8|       60.3|      10.0
    FFRDCs\2\ administered by nonprofit institutions .........|      52.0|      12.1|      70.7|     193.5|       357.5|     388.8|     333.9|      250.8|      228.3|      -9.0
    State and local governments ..............................|      --- |      --- |       5.3|       0.9|         1.4|       2.0|       0.8|        0.8|        0.9|      10.0
    Foreign ..................................................|       0.1|       5.5|      --- |       0.1|        40.4|      11.7|      23.4|       23.4|       23.4|        #
______________________________________________________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|____________|__________|__________|___________|___________|__________
---Not available.
#Rounds to zero.
\1\Includes costs associated with the administration of intramural and extramural programs by federal personnel as well as actual intramural performance.
\2\Federally funded research and development centers.
NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Totals do not include the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, Federal Funds for Research and Development, 1997 through 2005. (This table was prepared November 2005.)


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