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Table 364.Summary of federal funds for research, development, and R & D plant: Fiscal years 1988 to 1996 [In millions]

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                                                             |                        Actual                                              |            Estimate
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                            Item                             |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          | Percent
                                                             |   1988   |   1989   |   1990   |   1991   |   1992   |   1993   |   1994   |   1995   |   1996   | change,
                                                             |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          | 1995 to
                                                             |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |   1996
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                              1                              |    2     |    3     |    4     |    5     |    6     |    7     |    8     |    9     |    10    |    11
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Total outlays for research, development, and                 |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
  R & D plant ...............................................|$56,556.6 |$61,476.4 |$64,276.5 |$64,292.3 |$65,719.0 |$68,385.8 |$68,335.9 |$69,661.1 |$70,012.7 |      0.5
                                                             |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
   Research and development .................................| 54,739.4 | 59,450.4 | 62,246.8 | 61,130.4 | 62,934.5 | 65,241.3 | 66,158.8 | 67,399.9 | 67,652.9 |      0.4
   R & D plant ..............................................|  1,817.2 |  2,026.1 |  2,029.7 |  3,162.0 |  2,784.5 |  3,144.5 |  2,177.1 |  2,261.2 |  2,359.8 |      4.4
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Total obligations for research, development, and             |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
  R & D plant ...............................................| 58,992.2 | 63,570.9 | 65,950.9 | 64,990.5 | 68,577.2 | 70,414.7 | 69,427.0 | 73,028.7 | 70,906.0 |     -2.9
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  Research and development obligations ......................| 56,935.1 | 61,405.8 | 63,667.3 | 61,295.2 | 65,592.6 | 67,314.0 | 67,255.8 | 70,093.9 | 68,842.4 |     -1.8
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    Performers                                               |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
     Federal intramural\1\ ..................................| 14,280.9 | 13,184.5 | 16,002.5 | 15,238.1 | 15,690.1 | 16,556.2 | 16,139.1 | 16,962.3 | 16,287.3 |     -4.0
     Industrial firms .......................................| 26,719.2 | 30,484.4 | 29,378.3 | 26,420.6 | 29,744.8 | 30,326.1 | 30,454.4 | 31,771.1 | 31,159.8 |     -1.9
     FFRDCs\2\ administered by industrial firms .............|  1,911.3 |  1,960.0 |  2,237.6 |  2,068.3 |  2,009.8 |  1,451.3 |  1,293.5 |  1,192.3 |  1,287.3 |      8.0
     Universities and colleges ..............................|  7,827.7 |  8,672.0 |  9,142.2 | 10,168.5 | 10,271.2 | 11,156.1 | 11,828.7 | 12,103.1 | 12,177.6 |      0.6
     FFRDCs\2\ administered by universities and colleges ....|  3,473.9 |  3,497.1 |  3,466.4 |  3,603.8 |  3,855.5 |  3,666.5 |  3,292.9 |  3,479.7 |  3,514.7 |      1.0
     Other nonprofit institutions ...........................|  1,682.6 |  1,999.1 |  2,249.6 |  2,637.4 |  2,803.6 |  2,811.9 |  2,929.6 |  3,068.6 |  2,916.2 |     -5.0
     FFRDCs\2\ administered by nonprofit institutions .......|    505.6 |    522.0 |    632.3 |    679.4 |    745.6 |    753.4 |    735.5 |    777.8 |    792.2 |      1.9
     State and local governments ............................|    142.1 |    167.4 |    213.9 |    215.1 |    184.1 |    320.3 |    325.4 |    446.9 |    456.4 |      2.1
     Foreign ................................................|    391.8 |    919.4 |    344.7 |    263.9 |    287.9 |    272.2 |    256.6 |    292.0 |    250.9 |    -14.1
                                                             |----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------
    Research obligations ....................................| 18,650.0 | 20,765.4 | 21,738.9 | 23,968.4 | 24,490.6 | 26,890.5 | 27,440.4 | 27,803.9 | 28,270.9 |      1.7
      Performers                                             |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
       Federal intramural\1\ ................................|  5,338.4 |  5,981.5 |  5,953.3 |  6,539.3 |  6,615.7 |  7,360.1 |  7,488.2 |  7,427.5 |  7,417.2 |     -0.1
       Industrial firms .....................................|  2,642.5 |  2,875.1 |  3,199.9 |  3,406.5 |  3,451.2 |  4,018.9 |  4,063.5 |  4,062.6 |  4,193.9 |      3.2
       FFRDCs\2\ administered by industrial firms ...........|    455.2 |    519.8 |    542.7 |    624.6 |    592.4 |    795.8 |    737.2 |    704.4 |    711.1 |      1.0
       Universities and colleges ............................|  7,022.9 |  7,793.2 |  8,141.5 |  8,867.5 |  9,060.7 |  9,844.1 | 10,323.5 | 10,657.0 | 10,932.5 |      2.6
       FFRDCs\2\ administered by universities and colleges ..|  1,564.8 |  1,703.4 |  1,808.1 |  2,160.9 |  2,351.8 |  2,347.6 |  2,181.1 |  2,212.6 |  2,262.9 |      2.3
       Other nonprofit institutions .........................|  1,299.8 |  1,519.7 |  1,662.2 |  1,925.9 |  2,049.6 |  2,041.3 |  2,094.9 |  2,113.5 |  2,132.1 |      0.9
       FFRDCs\2\ administered by nonprofit institutions .....|     82.9 |    109.5 |    148.2 |    170.9 |    139.9 |    173.4 |    178.0 |    174.5 |    173.5 |     -0.5
       State and local governments ..........................|    103.1 |    121.2 |    126.4 |    129.3 |    109.3 |    211.8 |    230.8 |    306.4 |    311.8 |      1.7
       Foreign ..............................................|    140.4 |    142.1 |    156.5 |    143.4 |    120.0 |     97.4 |    143.3 |    145.4 |    136.0 |     -6.5
                                                             |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
      Fields of science                                      |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
       Life sciences ........................................|  7,724.5 |  8,495.1 |  8,837.8 |  9,622.0 |  9,910.5 | 10,772.1 | 11,078.8 | 11,400.9 | 11,662.9 |      2.3
       Psychology ...........................................|    389.8 |    421.7 |    448.6 |    482.4 |    298.1 |    550.7 |    550.2 |    581.8 |    584.5 |      0.5
       Physical sciences ....................................|  3,317.3 |  3,705.2 |  3,808.7 |  4,235.3 |  4,439.2 |  4,427.0 |  6,792.7 |  5,988.2 |  6,253.0 |      4.4
       Environmental sciences ...............................|  1,607.0 |  1,773.3 |  2,174.1 |  2,149.8 |  2,207.6 |  2,608.5 |  2,032.0 |  1,941.1 |  2,054.8 |      5.8
       Mathematics and computer sciences ....................|    642.9 |    735.5 |    840.7 |    903.7 |  1,150.3 |  1,225.4 |  1,242.3 |  1,498.7 |  1,564.8 |      4.4
       Engineering ..........................................|  3,956.3 |  4,442.0 |  4,335.2 |  4,944.5 |  4,977.0 |  5,499.4 |  4,023.3 |  4,536.9 |  4,290.8 |     -5.4
       Social sciences ......................................|    485.8 |    551.1 |    630.0 |    727.3 |    689.7 |    674.9 |    655.0 |    740.8 |    740.7 |     -0.0
       Other sciences .......................................|    526.5 |    641.6 |    663.7 |    903.4 |    806.3 |  1,132.5 |  1,066.1 |  1,115.5 |  1,119.6 |      0.4
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      Basic research obligations ............................|  9,473.6 | 10,602.0 | 11,285.6 | 12,170.8 | 12,489.9 | 13,399.1 | 13,552.9 | 13,569.1 | 14,037.4 |      3.5
        Performers                                           |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
         Federal intramural\1\ ..............................|  2,050.3 |  2,370.7 |  2,366.0 |  2,446.5 |  2,397.0 |  2,605.1 |  2,505.0 |  2,468.0 |  2,505.8 |      1.5
         Industrial firms ...................................|    596.9 |    773.2 |    887.5 |    949.9 |    920.3 |    959.2 |  1,109.1 |    891.5 |    983.1 |     10.3
         FFRDCs\2\ administered by industrial firms .........|    133.0 |    166.7 |    175.4 |    209.1 |    187.8 |    237.3 |    237.6 |    251.2 |    255.0 |      1.5
         Universities and colleges ..........................|  4,868.3 |  5,221.4 |  5,548.2 |  6,064.5 |  6,331.8 |  6,798.5 |  7,024.2 |  7,224.4 |  7,477.4 |      3.5
         FFRDCs\2\ administered by universities and colleges |    989.8 |  1,098.1 |  1,227.3 |  1,306.2 |  1,394.1 |  1,437.8 |  1,336.0 |  1,359.8 |  1,394.0 |      2.5
         Other nonprofit institutions .......................|    728.6 |    838.9 |    924.1 |  1,015.5 |  1,097.2 |  1,164.9 |  1,125.7 |  1,116.3 |  1,153.1 |      3.3
         FFRDCs\2\ administered by nonprofit institutions ...|     17.7 |     42.2 |     59.2 |     80.8 |     65.5 |     71.3 |     73.9 |     79.6 |     82.5 |      3.6
         State and local governments ........................|     42.7 |     43.6 |     50.4 |     49.1 |     42.4 |     71.7 |     75.2 |    111.8 |    120.5 |      7.8
         Foreign ............................................|     46.3 |     47.4 |     47.6 |     49.1 |     53.8 |     53.3 |     66.1 |     66.4 |     65.9 |     -0.7
                                                             |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
        Fields of science                                    |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
         Life sciences ......................................|  4,501.8 |  4,915.7 |  5,177.5 |  5,433.6 |  5,841.7 |  6,288.8 |  6,429.8 |  6,610.8 |  6,845.5 |      3.5
         Psychology .........................................|    177.8 |    187.1 |    215.1 |    225.5 |    122.6 |    246.8 |    247.4 |    259.9 |    264.1 |      1.6
         Physical sciences ..................................|  2,199.6 |  2,506.5 |  2,661.5 |  2,881.5 |  2,951.4 |  2,907.1 |  3,649.2 |  3,295.5 |  3,447.6 |      4.6
         Environmental sciences .............................|    872.7 |  1,016.9 |  1,274.8 |  1,263.5 |  1,303.6 |  1,533.5 |    997.2 |    999.4 |  1,015.1 |      1.6
         Mathematics and computer sciences ..................|    313.2 |    349.8 |    406.9 |    426.1 |    481.4 |    511.3 |    503.6 |    547.6 |    569.1 |      3.9
         Engineering ........................................|  1,006.2 |  1,183.7 |  1,101.5 |  1,233.7 |  1,249.8 |  1,207.4 |  1,061.7 |  1,157.6 |  1,173.1 |      1.3
         Social sciences ....................................|    146.8 |    154.6 |    146.0 |    161.4 |    139.9 |    194.1 |    191.7 |    201.8 |    207.1 |      2.6
         Other sciences .....................................|    255.5 |    291.7 |    302.3 |    545.6 |    399.4 |    510.1 |    472.4 |    496.4 |    515.8 |      3.9
                                                             |----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------
      Applied research obligations ..........................|  9,176.4 | 10,163.3 | 10,453.3 | 11,797.6 | 12,000.7 | 13,491.4 | 13,887.5 | 14,234.8 | 14,233.5 |     -0.0
        Performers                                           |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
         Federal intramural\1\ ..............................|  3,288.1 |  3,610.8 |  3,587.3 |  4,092.8 |  4,218.7 |  4,755.0 |  4,983.2 |  4,959.5 |  4,911.3 |     -1.0
         Industrial firms ...................................|  2,045.6 |  2,101.8 |  2,312.4 |  2,456.6 |  2,530.9 |  3,059.7 |  2,954.4 |  3,171.0 |  3,210.8 |      1.3
         FFRDCs\2\ administered by industrial firms .........|    322.2 |    353.2 |    367.3 |    415.5 |    404.6 |    558.6 |    499.6 |    453.2 |    456.1 |      0.6
         Universities and colleges ..........................|  2,154.6 |  2,571.8 |  2,593.4 |  2,803.0 |  2,728.9 |  3,045.5 |  3,299.3 |  3,432.6 |  3,455.0 |      0.7
         FFRDCs\2\ administered by universities and colleges |    575.0 |    605.4 |    580.8 |    854.7 |    957.6 |    909.8 |    845.1 |    852.7 |    868.9 |      1.9
         Other nonprofit institutions .......................|    571.2 |    680.8 |    738.1 |    910.4 |    952.5 |    876.4 |    969.2 |    997.2 |    979.0 |     -1.8
         FFRDCs\2\ administered by nonprofit institutions ...|     65.2 |     67.3 |     89.0 |     90.1 |     74.5 |    102.2 |    104.0 |     94.8 |     91.0 |     -4.0
         State and local governments ........................|     60.4 |     77.6 |     76.1 |     80.2 |     66.9 |    140.1 |    155.5 |    194.6 |    191.3 |     -1.7
         Foreign ............................................|     94.1 |     94.6 |    109.0 |     94.3 |     66.2 |     44.1 |     77.2 |     79.0 |     70.1 |    -11.3
                                                             |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
        Fields of science                                    |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
         Life sciences ......................................|  3,222.7 |  3,579.4 |  3,660.3 |  4,188.4 |  4,068.8 |  4,483.3 |  4,649.0 |  4,790.1 |  4,817.4 |      0.6
         Psychology .........................................|    212.0 |    234.5 |    233.5 |    258.9 |    175.6 |    303.9 |    302.9 |    321.9 |    320.4 |     -0.5
         Physical sciences ..................................|  1,117.7 |  1,198.8 |  1,147.2 |  1,353.9 |  1,467.7 |  1,519.8 |  3,143.5 |  2,692.7 |  2,805.4 |      4.2
         Environmental sciences .............................|    734.3 |    756.3 |    899.3 |    886.3 |    904.0 |  1,075.0 |  1,034.8 |    941.7 |  1,039.6 |     10.4
         Mathematics and computer sciences ..................|    329.6 |    389.7 |    433.9 |    477.6 |    678.9 |    714.1 |    738.7 |    951.1 |    995.8 |      4.7
         Engineering ........................................|  2,950.0 |  3,258.3 |  3,233.7 |  3,710.8 |  3,727.1 |  4,292.0 |  2,961.6 |  3,379.3 |  3,117.7 |     -7.7
         Social sciences ....................................|    339.0 |    396.4 |    484.0 |    566.0 |    549.8 |    480.8 |    463.3 |    538.9 |    533.6 |     -1.0
         Other sciences .....................................|    271.0 |    350.0 |    361.5 |    357.8 |    406.8 |    622.4 |    593.8 |    619.1 |    603.8 |     -2.5
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    Development obligations .................................| 38,285.1 | 40,640.4 | 41,928.4 | 37,326.8 | 41,102.0 | 40,423.5 | 39,815.4 | 42,290.0 | 40,571.5 |     -4.1
      Performers                                             |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
       Federal intramural\1\ ................................|  8,942.5 |  7,203.0 | 10,049.2 |  8,698.8 |  9,074.4 |  9,196.2 |  8,650.9 |  9,534.9 |  8,870.2 |     -7.0
       Industrial firms .....................................| 24,076.7 | 27,609.3 | 26,178.4 | 23,014.1 | 26,293.6 | 26,307.2 | 26,390.9 | 27,708.6 | 26,965.9 |     -2.7
       FFRDCs\2\ administered by industrial firms ...........|  1,456.1 |  1,440.2 |  1,694.9 |  1,443.7 |  1,417.4 |    655.5 |    556.3 |    487.9 |    576.2 |     18.1
       Universities and colleges ............................|    804.8 |    878.8 |  1,000.5 |  1,301.0 |  1,210.6 |  1,312.0 |  1,505.2 |  1,446.1 |  1,245.1 |    -13.9
       FFRDCs\2\ administered by universities and colleges ..|  1,909.1 |  1,793.6 |  1,658.3 |  1,442.9 |  1,503.7 |  1,318.9 |  1,111.8 |  1,267.1 |  1,251.8 |     -1.2
       Other nonprofit institutions .........................|    382.8 |    479.5 |    587.4 |    711.5 |    753.9 |    770.6 |    834.8 |    955.1 |    784.1 |    -17.9
       FFRDCs\2\ administered by nonprofit institutions .....|    422.7 |    412.4 |    484.0 |    508.5 |    605.7 |    580.0 |    557.6 |    603.3 |    618.7 |      2.6
       State and local governments ..........................|     39.0 |     46.3 |     87.5 |     85.8 |     74.8 |    108.5 |     94.7 |    140.5 |    144.7 |      3.0
       Foreign ..............................................|    251.4 |    777.3 |    188.1 |    120.5 |    167.9 |    174.8 |    113.3 |    146.6 |    114.9 |    -21.7
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  R & D plant obligations ...................................|  2,057.1 |  2,165.1 |  2,283.6 |  3,695.4 |  2,984.6 |  3,100.7 |  2,171.2 |  2,934.8 |  2,063.6 |    -29.7
    Performers                                               |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
     Federal intramural\1\ ..................................|    319.6 |    329.5 |    359.9 |    461.1 |    506.2 |    432.0 |    392.6 |    576.1 |    365.4 |    -36.6
     Industrial firms .......................................|    719.5 |    900.4 |    884.0 |  1,889.2 |  1,014.4 |  1,048.2 |    746.8 |  1,276.1 |    705.7 |    -44.7
     FFRDCs\2\ administered by industrial firms .............|    204.3 |    212.3 |    231.0 |    279.6 |    202.2 |    124.4 |    119.4 |    104.0 |     92.9 |    -10.7
     Universities and colleges ..............................|    245.8 |    204.9 |    155.8 |    253.3 |    241.5 |    361.4 |    209.0 |    315.1 |    210.9 |    -33.1
     FFRDCs\2\ administered by universities and colleges ....|    535.3 |    489.9 |    495.8 |    624.6 |    579.5 |    619.5 |    608.8 |    558.3 |    578.7 |      3.7
     Other nonprofit institutions ...........................|     23.7 |     14.2 |    121.3 |    154.6 |    393.9 |    415.6 |     20.9 |     32.3 |     23.4 |    -27.8
     FFRDCs\2\ administered by nonprofit institutions .......|      6.2 |      8.4 |     31.4 |     19.7 |     46.3 |     65.5 |     72.9 |     71.3 |     85.1 |     19.4
     State and local governments ............................|      0.3 |      1.4 |      0.5 |      0.6 |      0.5 |      0.5 |      0.8 |      1.6 |      1.6 |      0.3
     Foreign ................................................|      2.4 |      4.2 |      3.9 |     12.8 |      0.0 |     33.4 |      0.2 |      0.0 |      0.0 |      0.0
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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. Because of rounding, details may not add to totals.

SOURCE: National Science Foundation, Federal Funds for Research and Development, various years. (This table was prepared May 1996.)


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