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Table 376. Summary of federal funds for research, development, and R&D plant, by type of obligations, recipients, and fields: Fiscal years 1995 to 2003[In millions of current dollars]

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                                                              |                                Actual                               |          Estimate
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                             Item                             |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |Percent
                                                              |  1995   |  1996   |  1997   |  1998   |  1999   |  2000   |  2001   |  2002   |  2003   |change,
                                                              |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |2002 to
                                                              |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         | 2003
______________________________________________________________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_______
                              1                               |    2         3    |    4    |    5    |    6    |    7    |    8    |    9    |   10    |  11
______________________________________________________________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_______
Total outlays for research, development, and                  |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
 R&D plant ...................................................|$68,410.0|$67,756.1|$70,892.0|$72,295.6|$72,613.9|$74,077.0|$79,692.2|$91,113.8|$97,171.7|   6.6
                                                              |_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_______
  Research and development ...................................| 66,374.6| 65,909.9| 68,897.2| 70,434.5| 70,585.2| 69,807.3| 75,335.7| 86,072.5| 92,464.6|   7.4
  R&D plant ..................................................|  2,035.4|  1,846.2|  1,994.8|  1,861.1|  2,028.7|  4,269.7|  4,356.5|  5,041.4|  4,707.1|  -6.6
                                                              |=========|=========|=========|=========|=========|=========|=========|=========|=========|=======
Total obligations for research, development, and              |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
 R&D plant ...................................................| 71,011.8| 69,408.7| 71,744.7| 73,743.5| 77,386.6| 77,356.1| 84,003.0| 97,464.6|103,113.8|   5.8
                                                              |=========|=========|=========|=========|=========|=========|=========|=========|=========|=======
  Research and development obligations .......................| 68,754.9| 67,662.6| 69,829.9| 71,903.3| 75,340.8| 72,863.2| 79,933.2| 92,979.4| 98,608.1|   6.1
                                                              |_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_______
    Performers                                                |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
     Federal intramural\1\ ...................................| 17,342.7| 16,596.4| 16,720.0| 17,114.0| 18,084.7| 17,149.8| 20,219.8| 23,531.3| 24,557.7|   4.4
     Industrial firms ........................................| 30,468.7| 30,361.4| 31,418.0| 31,839.7| 31,901.6| 27,735.5| 27,006.2| 34,182.2| 36,411.3|   6.5
     FFRDCs\2\ administered by industrial firms ..............|  1,203.9|  1,137.0|  1,128.2|  1,188.8|  1,328.1|  1,100.9|  1,186.6|  1,380.1|  1,477.9|   7.1
     Universities and colleges ...............................| 11,933.0| 11,944.7| 12,561.1| 13,365.9| 14,959.1| 16,815.1| 19,587.9| 21,343.6| 23,055.2|   8.0
     FFRDCs\2\ administered by universities and colleges .....|  3,574.3|  3,447.7|  3,701.1|  3,890.2|  3,896.5|  4,053.2|  4,617.7|  4,669.2|  4,834.5|   3.5
     Other nonprofit institutions ............................|  2,806.5|  2,886.9|  2,962.1|  3,155.1|  3,608.8|  4,216.6|  5,138.8|  5,793.0|  6,260.7|   8.1
     FFRDCs\2\ administered by nonprofit institutions ........|    831.4|    754.5|    821.0|    603.0|    913.3|  1,231.5|  1,269.1|  1,185.3|  1,222.2|   3.1
     State and local governments .............................|    316.5|    246.7|    261.1|    447.5|    357.5|    224.0|    450.6|    491.6|    393.1| -20.0
     Foreign .................................................|    277.8|    287.4|    257.5|    299.1|    291.3|    336.7|    456.5|    403.1|    395.5|  -1.9
                                                              |_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_______
    Research obligations .....................................| 28,573.4| 28,265.1| 29,365.6| 30,922.3| 33,527.5| 38,470.5| 44,713.7| 49,808.8| 53,376.9|   7.2
      Performers                                              |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
       Federal intramural\1\ .................................|  7,787.8|  7,528.2|  7,667.2|  7,964.7|  8,685.8|  9,449.6| 11,130.9| 12,529.8| 13,210.6|   5.4
       Industrial firms ......................................|  4,727.9|  4,291.3|  4,392.1|  4,635.1|  4,579.8|  4,801.2|  5,262.3|  6,293.6|  6,565.7|   4.3
       FFRDCs\2\ administered by industrial firms ............|    818.0|    696.2|    759.6|    844.1|    879.3|    700.3|    822.3|    885.6|    982.4|  10.9
       Universities and colleges .............................| 10,371.6| 10,673.7| 11,173.2| 11,741.0| 13,203.8| 16,015.9| 18,657.1| 20,330.5| 22,228.9|   9.3
       FFRDCs\2\ administered by universities and colleges ...|  2,235.6|  2,386.0|  2,598.9|  2,743.0|  2,554.1|  2,773.2|  3,096.3|  3,410.0|  3,478.2|   2.0
       Other nonprofit institutions ..........................|  2,056.1|  2,179.5|  2,294.9|  2,425.2|  2,806.7|  3,719.8|  4,577.9|  5,152.6|  5,750.9|  11.6
       FFRDCs\2\ administered by nonprofit institutions ......|    210.1|    195.8|    217.5|    214.5|    469.5|    696.1|    739.4|    728.0|    741.2|   1.8
       State and local governments ...........................|    221.4|    187.4|    144.0|    240.1|    232.4|    162.5|    308.7|    353.4|    282.4| -20.1
       Foreign ...............................................|    144.8|    126.8|    118.1|    114.5|    116.1|    152.0|    118.9|    125.3|    136.6|   9.0
                                                              |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
      Fields of science                                       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
       Life sciences .........................................| 11,979.0| 12,099.7| 12,661.3| 13,557.6| 15,422.5| 17,964.7| 23,057.3| 25,868.4| 28,672.8|  10.8
       Psychology ............................................|    653.6|    513.0|    545.4|    591.0|    632.6|  1,626.7|    741.9|    838.6|    955.2|  13.9
       Physical sciences .....................................|  4,851.2|  3,964.4|  4,148.7|  4,209.7|  4,066.2|  4,787.9|  4,600.8|  5,145.2|  5,200.4|   1.1
       Environmental sciences ................................|  2,722.9|  2,997.0|  3,045.7|  3,062.0|  3,095.3|  3,328.8|  3,251.7|  3,667.5|  3,878.8|   5.8
       Mathematics and computer sciences .....................|  1,667.9|  1,554.1|  1,671.8|  1,836.8|  1,980.6|  2,205.6|  2,610.6|  2,751.3|  2,866.1|   4.2
       Engineering ...........................................|  4,952.7|  5,679.6|  5,690.3|  5,895.4|  6,263.4|  6,346.4|  8,197.0|  8,951.4|  9,160.6|   2.3
       Social sciences .......................................|    682.9|    674.2|    696.3|    806.1|    854.9|  1,050.3|  1,008.6|  1,027.2|  1,050.3|   2.3
       Other sciences ........................................|  1,063.2|    783.0|    906.1|    963.7|  1,212.1|  1,160.2|  1,245.8|  1,559.2|  1,592.6|   2.1
                                                              |_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_______
      Basic research obligations .............................| 13,895.5| 14,462.4| 14,942.2| 15,613.0| 17,443.7| 19,569.8| 21,958.1| 24,173.5| 25,976.6|   7.5
        Performers                                            |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
         Federal intramural\1\ ...............................|  2,712.9|  2,689.2|  2,688.6|  2,917.8|  3,255.2|  3,621.8|  4,193.8|  4,685.4|  4,411.1|  -5.9
         Industrial firms ....................................|  1,221.2|  1,131.0|  1,166.7|  1,119.7|  1,082.8|  1,356.5|    917.1|  1,122.9|  1,446.2|  28.8
         FFRDCs\2\ administered by industrial firms ..........|    239.1|    272.8|    294.7|    326.4|    313.4|    171.3|    175.1|    197.9|    220.0|  11.2
         Universities and colleges ...........................|  6,951.3|  7,406.1|  7,695.8|  7,952.2|  9,107.1| 10,056.7| 11,792.2| 12,737.1| 14,024.2|  10.1
         FFRDCs\2\ administered by universities and colleges .|  1,438.3|  1,522.0|  1,600.0|  1,642.3|  1,565.5|  1,674.0|  1,762.1|  1,969.3|  1,984.3|   0.8
         Other nonprofit institutions ........................|  1,134.2|  1,235.2|  1,289.6|  1,397.6|  1,650.0|  1,985.3|  2,441.7|  2,754.0|  3,152.9|  14.5
         FFRDCs\2\ administered by nonprofit institutions ....|     75.2|     76.5|     88.4|    121.8|    354.9|    521.6|    540.5|    553.6|    570.6|   3.1
         State and local governments .........................|     78.7|     80.2|     68.4|     84.9|     61.4|     75.7|     71.5|     85.0|     89.5|   5.4
         Foreign .............................................|     44.5|     49.5|     49.9|     50.4|     53.4|    106.9|     64.0|     68.4|     77.6|  13.4
                                                              |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
        Fields of science                                     |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
         Life sciences .......................................|  6,746.7|  6,911.0|  7,203.8|  7,853.4|  9,197.1| 10,049.0| 12,835.5| 14,355.4| 15,391.7|   7.2
         Psychology ..........................................|    279.8|    281.5|    293.9|    312.0|    347.3|    817.8|    292.9|    335.6|    364.1|   8.5
         Physical sciences ...................................|  2,709.3|  2,901.7|  2,976.4|  2,941.4|  3,089.8|  3,470.6|  3,327.1|  3,664.1|  3,868.9|   5.6
         Environmental sciences ..............................|  1,410.7|  1,531.2|  1,543.5|  1,528.7|  1,615.7|  1,838.4|  1,663.0|  1,852.5|  2,018.3|   8.9
         Mathematics and computer sciences ...................|    626.1|    622.0|    661.4|    705.5|    734.9|    798.3|    957.8|  1,002.4|  1,054.5|   5.2
         Engineering .........................................|  1,432.2|  1,606.6|  1,583.0|  1,594.4|  1,639.7|  1,764.2|  1,911.5|  1,909.1|  2,174.3|  13.9
         Social sciences .....................................|    210.8|    230.0|    221.0|    224.8|    246.5|    308.0|    278.4|    294.9|    304.8|   3.3
         Other sciences ......................................|    479.9|    378.3|    459.3|    452.7|    572.5|    523.6|    691.7|    759.4|    800.0|   5.3
                                                              |_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_______
      Applied research obligations ...........................| 14,677.9| 13,802.7| 14,423.4| 15,309.3| 16,083.7| 18,900.7| 22,755.6| 25,635.2| 27,400.3|   6.9
        Performers                                            |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
         Federal intramural\1\ ...............................|  5,074.9|  4,839.0|  4,978.7|  5,046.9|  5,430.6|  5,827.8|  6,937.2|  7,844.5|  8,799.4|  12.2
         Industrial firms ....................................|  3,506.7|  3,160.3|  3,225.5|  3,515.4|  3,497.0|  3,444.6|  4,345.2|  5,170.7|  5,119.5|  -1.0
         FFRDCs\2\ administered by industrial firms ..........|    578.9|    423.4|    464.9|    517.7|    565.8|    528.9|    647.2|    687.7|    762.4|  10.9
         Universities and colleges ...........................|  3,420.3|  3,267.6|  3,477.4|  3,788.9|  4,096.7|  5,959.2|  6,864.9|  7,593.4|  8,204.7|   8.1
         FFRDCs\2\ administered by universities and colleges .|    797.3|    864.0|    998.8|  1,100.7|    988.6|  1,099.2|  1,334.2|  1,440.8|  1,493.9|   3.7
         Other nonprofit institutions ........................|    921.9|    944.3|  1,005.3|  1,027.7|  1,156.7|  1,734.5|  2,136.2|  2,398.6|  2,598.0|   8.3
         FFRDCs\2\ administered by nonprofit institutions ....|    134.9|    119.4|    129.2|     92.6|    114.6|    174.5|    198.9|    174.4|    170.6|  -2.2
         State and local governments .........................|    142.7|    107.3|     75.5|    155.2|    171.0|     86.9|    237.1|    268.4|    192.8| -28.1
         Foreign .............................................|    100.3|     77.4|     68.2|     64.1|     62.8|     45.1|     54.9|     56.9|     59.0|   3.6
                                                              |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
        Fields of science                                     |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
         Life sciences .......................................|  5,232.3|  5,188.7|  5,457.6|  5,704.1|  6,225.3|  7,915.7| 10,221.8| 11,512.9| 13,281.0|  15.4
         Psychology ..........................................|    373.9|    231.5|    251.5|    279.0|    285.3|    808.9|    449.0|    503.0|    591.1|  17.5
         Physical sciences ...................................|  2,141.9|  1,062.7|  1,172.4|  1,268.3|    976.4|  1,317.3|  1,273.6|  1,481.1|  1,331.6| -10.1
         Environmental sciences ..............................|  1,312.3|  1,465.8|  1,502.2|  1,533.2|  1,479.5|  1,490.3|  1,588.6|  1,815.0|  1,860.5|   2.5
         Mathematics and computer sciences ...................|  1,041.7|    932.1|  1,010.5|  1,131.4|  1,245.7|  1,407.3|  1,652.8|  1,748.9|  1,811.6|   3.6
         Engineering .........................................|  3,520.5|  4,073.0|  4,107.3|  4,301.0|  4,623.7|  4,582.2|  6,285.5|  7,042.3|  6,986.4|  -0.8
         Social sciences .....................................|    472.0|    444.2|    475.3|    581.3|    608.3|    742.3|    730.2|    732.2|    745.5|   1.8
         Other sciences ......................................|    583.3|    404.7|    446.8|    510.9|    639.6|    636.6|    554.1|    799.8|    792.6|  -0.9
                                                              |_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_______
    Development obligations ..................................| 40,181.4| 39,397.5| 40,464.3| 40,981.0| 41,813.1| 34,392.7| 35,219.5| 43,170.6| 45,231.2|   4.8
      Performers                                              |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
       Federal intramural\1\ .................................|  9,554.9|  9,068.1|  9,052.7|  9,149.3|  9,398.9|  7,700.2|  9,088.9| 11,001.5| 11,347.2|   3.1
       Industrial firms ......................................| 25,740.7| 26,070.1| 27,025.8| 27,204.6| 27,321.8| 22,934.4| 21,744.0| 27,888.6| 29,845.6|   7.0
       FFRDCs\2\ administered by industrial firms ............|    385.9|    440.7|    368.6|    344.7|    448.8|    400.6|    364.3|    494.5|    495.5|   0.2
       Universities and colleges .............................|  1,561.4|  1,271.0|  1,387.9|  1,624.8|  1,755.3|    799.3|    930.8|  1,013.1|    826.4| -18.4
       FFRDCs\2\ administered by universities and colleges ...|  1,338.7|  1,061.6|  1,102.1|  1,147.2|  1,342.3|  1,279.9|  1,521.4|  1,259.2|  1,356.3|   7.7
       Other nonprofit institutions ..........................|    750.4|    707.4|    667.2|    729.9|    802.0|    496.8|    560.8|    640.4|    509.8| -20.4
       FFRDCs\2\ administered by nonprofit institutions ......|    621.3|    558.7|    603.4|    388.5|    443.7|    535.4|    529.7|    457.3|    480.9|   5.2
       State and local governments ...........................|     95.1|     59.3|    117.1|    207.4|    125.1|     61.5|    141.9|    138.2|    110.7| -19.9
       Foreign ...............................................|    133.0|    160.5|    139.3|    184.6|    175.2|    184.7|    337.6|    277.7|    258.9|  -6.8
                                                              |_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_______
 R&D plant obligations .......................................|  2,256.9|  1,746.1|  1,914.8|  1,840.2|  2,045.8|  4,492.8|  4,069.8|  4,485.2|  4,505.7|   0.5
    Performers                                                |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
     Federal intramural\1\ ...................................|    482.6|    405.1|    608.3|    475.3|    483.3|    573.3|    520.4|    625.1|    788.3|  26.1
     Industrial firms ........................................|    696.6|    465.4|    389.8|    487.7|    544.7|  2,814.6|  2,179.8|  2,428.6|  2,257.6|  -7.0
     FFRDCs\2\ administered by industrial firms ..............|     95.1|     43.9|     60.5|     45.6|    172.8|     27.6|     41.8|    108.3|    108.9|   0.6
     Universities and colleges ...............................|    323.8|    243.1|    238.6|    139.5|    141.2|    213.5|    284.7|    318.8|    370.1|  16.1
     FFRDCs\2\ administered by universities and colleges .....|    543.9|    497.8|    548.8|    663.6|    615.5|    613.8|    615.9|    560.1|    556.5|  -0.6
     Other nonprofit institutions ............................|     25.6|     23.4|     16.7|     10.9|     12.2|     55.5|     27.9|     34.8|     45.9|  32.2
     FFRDCs\2\ administered by nonprofit institutions ........|     62.6|     66.1|     52.0|     12.1|     70.7|    193.5|    357.5|    376.4|    345.1|  -8.3
     State and local governments .............................|      0.5|      1.0|     --- |     --- |      5.3|      0.9|      1.4|      3.2|      3.5|   7.7
     Foreign .................................................|     26.1|      0.5|      0.1|      5.5|     --- |      0.1|     40.4|     29.9|     29.8|  -0.3
______________________________________________________________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_______

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\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 due to rounding.

SOURCE: National Science Foundation, Federal Funds for Research and Development, various years. (This table was prepared July 2003.)


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