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Table 372. Summary of federal funds for research, development, and R & D plant: Fiscal years 1993 to 2001 [In millions of current dollars]

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                            Item                             |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          | Percent
                                                             |   1993   |   1994   |   1995   |   1996   |   1997   |   1998   |   1999   |   2000   |   2001   | change,
                                                             |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          | 2000 to
                                                             |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |   2001
_____________________________________________________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
                              1                              |    2     |    3     |    4     |    5     |    6     |    7     |    8     |    9     |    10    |    11
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Total outlays for research, development, and                 |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
  R & D plant ...............................................|$68,385.8 |$68,335.9 |$68,410.0 |$67,756.1 |$70,892.0 |$72,295.6 |$72,613.9 |$75,864.5 |$79,400.0 |      4.7
                                                             |__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
   Research and development .................................| 65,241.3 | 66,158.8 | 66,374.6 | 65,909.9 | 68,897.2 | 70,434.5 | 70,585.2 | 73,774.2 | 77,254.7 |      4.7
   R & D plant ..............................................|  3,144.5 |  2,177.1 |  2,035.4 |  1,846.2 |  1,994.8 |  1,861.1 |  2,028.7 |  2,090.3 |  2,145.3 |      2.6
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Total obligations for research, development, and             |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
  R & D plant ...............................................| 70,414.7 | 69,427.0 | 71,011.8 | 69,408.7 | 71,744.7 | 73,743.5 | 77,386.6 | 81,772.8 | 83,609.3 |      2.2
                                                             |==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========
  Research and development obligations ......................| 67,314.0 | 67,255.8 | 68,754.9 | 67,662.6 | 69,829.9 | 71,903.3 | 75,340.8 | 79,470.4 | 81,526.1 |      2.6
                                                             |__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
    Performers                                               |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
     Federal intramural\1\ ..................................| 16,556.2 | 16,139.1 | 17,342.7 | 16,596.4 | 16,720.0 | 17,114.0 | 18,084.7 | 19,072.8 | 19,352.4 |      1.5
     Industrial firms .......................................| 30,326.1 | 30,454.4 | 30,468.7 | 30,361.4 | 31,418.0 | 31,839.7 | 31,901.6 | 32,815.2 | 33,026.4 |      0.6
     FFRDCs\2\ administered by industrial firms .............|  1,451.3 |  1,293.5 |  1,203.9 |  1,137.0 |  1,128.2 |  1,188.8 |  1,328.1 |  1,335.5 |  1,385.6 |      3.7
     Universities and colleges ..............................| 11,156.1 | 11,828.7 | 11,933.0 | 11,944.7 | 12,561.1 | 13,365.9 | 14,959.1 | 16,612.2 | 17,723.7 |      6.7
     FFRDCs\2\ administered by universities and colleges ....|  3,666.5 |  3,292.9 |  3,574.3 |  3,447.7 |  3,701.1 |  3,890.2 |  3,896.5 |  3,992.6 |  4,189.1 |      4.9
     Other nonprofit institutions ...........................|  2,811.9 |  2,929.6 |  2,806.5 |  2,886.9 |  2,962.1 |  3,155.1 |  3,608.8 |  4,047.1 |  4,175.6 |      3.2
     FFRDCs\2\ administered by nonprofit institutions .......|    753.4 |    735.5 |    831.4 |    754.5 |    821.0 |    603.0 |    913.3 |    898.1 |    978.0 |      8.9
     State and local governments ............................|    320.3 |    325.4 |    316.5 |    246.7 |    261.1 |    447.5 |    357.5 |    389.6 |    410.7 |      5.4
     Foreign ................................................|    272.2 |    256.6 |    277.8 |    287.4 |    257.5 |    299.1 |    291.3 |    307.5 |    284.8 |     -7.3
                                                             |__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
    Research obligations ....................................| 26,890.5 | 27,440.4 | 28,573.4 | 28,265.1 | 29,365.6 | 30,922.3 | 33,527.5 | 36,329.5 | 38,688.1 |      6.5
      Performers                                             |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
       Federal intramural\1\ ................................|  7,360.1 |  7,488.2 |  7,787.8 |  7,528.2 |  7,667.2 |  7,964.7 |  8,685.8 |  9,203.5 |  9,792.8 |      6.4
       Industrial firms .....................................|  4,018.9 |  4,063.5 |  4,727.9 |  4,291.3 |  4,392.1 |  4,635.1 |  4,579.8 |  4,888.1 |  5,118.0 |      4.7
       FFRDCs\2\ administered by industrial firms ...........|    795.8 |    737.2 |    818.0 |    696.2 |    759.6 |    844.1 |    879.3 |    850.1 |    911.3 |      7.2
       Universities and colleges ............................|  9,844.1 | 10,323.5 | 10,371.6 | 10,673.7 | 11,173.2 | 11,741.0 | 13,203.8 | 14,699.1 | 15,696.1 |      6.8
       FFRDCs\2\ administered by universities and colleges ..|  2,347.6 |  2,181.1 |  2,235.6 |  2,386.0 |  2,598.9 |  2,743.0 |  2,554.1 |  2,673.6 |  2,948.4 |     10.3
       Other nonprofit institutions .........................|  2,041.3 |  2,094.9 |  2,056.1 |  2,179.5 |  2,294.9 |  2,425.2 |  2,806.7 |  3,178.3 |  3,340.6 |      5.1
       FFRDCs\2\ administered by nonprofit institutions .....|    173.4 |    178.0 |    210.1 |    195.8 |    217.5 |    214.5 |    469.5 |    450.6 |    470.4 |      4.4
       State and local governments ..........................|    211.8 |    230.8 |    221.4 |    187.4 |    144.0 |    240.1 |    232.4 |    267.9 |    287.8 |      7.4
       Foreign ..............................................|     97.4 |    143.3 |    144.8 |    126.8 |    118.1 |    114.5 |    116.1 |    118.3 |    122.7 |      3.8
                                                             |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
      Fields of science                                      |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
       Life sciences ........................................| 10,772.1 | 11,078.8 | 11,979.0 | 12,099.7 | 12,661.3 | 13,557.6 | 15,422.5 | 17,422.5 | 18,249.2 |      4.7
       Psychology ...........................................|    550.7 |    550.2 |    653.6 |    513.0 |    545.4 |    591.0 |    632.6 |    719.9 |    751.8 |      4.4
       Physical sciences ....................................|  4,427.0 |  6,792.7 |  4,851.2 |  3,964.4 |  4,148.7 |  4,209.7 |  4,066.2 |  4,183.1 |  4,430.2 |      5.9
       Environmental sciences ...............................|  2,608.5 |  2,032.0 |  2,722.9 |  2,997.0 |  3,045.7 |  3,062.0 |  3,095.3 |  3,102.4 |  3,243.2 |      4.5
       Mathematics and computer sciences ....................|  1,225.4 |  1,242.3 |  1,667.9 |  1,554.1 |  1,671.8 |  1,836.8 |  1,980.6 |  2,178.5 |  2,517.3 |     15.6
       Engineering ..........................................|  5,499.4 |  4,023.3 |  4,952.7 |  5,679.6 |  5,690.3 |  5,895.4 |  6,263.4 |  6,548.3 |  7,088.7 |      8.3
       Social sciences ......................................|    674.9 |    655.0 |    682.9 |    674.2 |    696.3 |    806.1 |    854.9 |    901.8 |    995.9 |     10.4
       Other sciences .......................................|  1,132.5 |  1,066.1 |  1,063.2 |    783.0 |    906.1 |    963.7 |  1,212.1 |  1,273.0 |  1,411.8 |     10.9
                                                             |__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
      Basic research obligations ............................| 13,399.1 | 13,552.9 | 13,895.5 | 14,462.4 | 14,942.2 | 15,613.0 | 17,443.7 | 18,981.7 | 20,274.4 |      6.8
        Performers                                           |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
         Federal intramural\1\ ..............................|  2,605.1 |  2,505.0 |  2,712.9 |  2,689.2 |  2,688.6 |  2,917.8 |  3,255.2 |  3,482.5 |  3,650.5 |      4.8
         Industrial firms ...................................|    959.2 |  1,109.1 |  1,221.2 |  1,131.0 |  1,166.7 |  1,119.7 |  1,082.8 |  1,192.0 |  1,192.8 |      0.1
         FFRDCs\2\ administered by industrial firms .........|    237.3 |    237.6 |    239.1 |    272.8 |    294.7 |    326.4 |    313.4 |    308.2 |    325.1 |      5.5
         Universities and colleges ..........................|  6,798.5 |  7,024.2 |  6,951.3 |  7,406.1 |  7,695.8 |  7,952.2 |  9,107.1 | 10,043.7 | 10,906.4 |      8.6
         FFRDCs\2\ administered by universities and colleges |  1,437.8 |  1,336.0 |  1,438.3 |  1,522.0 |  1,600.0 |  1,642.3 |  1,565.5 |  1,621.1 |  1,747.2 |      7.8
         Other nonprofit institutions .......................|  1,164.9 |  1,125.7 |  1,134.2 |  1,235.2 |  1,289.6 |  1,397.6 |  1,650.0 |  1,871.2 |  1,980.3 |      5.8
         FFRDCs\2\ administered by nonprofit institutions ...|     71.3 |     73.9 |     75.2 |     76.5 |     88.4 |    121.8 |    354.9 |    338.1 |    340.2 |      0.6
         State and local governments ........................|     71.7 |     75.2 |     78.7 |     80.2 |     68.4 |     84.9 |     61.4 |     66.8 |     68.7 |      2.9
         Foreign ............................................|     53.3 |     66.1 |     44.5 |     49.5 |     49.9 |     50.4 |     53.4 |     58.1 |     63.3 |      8.9
                                                             |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
        Fields of science                                    |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
         Life sciences ......................................|  6,288.8 |  6,429.8 |  6,746.7 |  6,911.0 |  7,203.8 |  7,853.4 |  9,197.1 | 10,374.4 | 10,964.6 |      5.7
         Psychology .........................................|    246.8 |    247.4 |    279.8 |    281.5 |    293.9 |    312.0 |    347.3 |    408.7 |    425.6 |      4.1
         Physical sciences ..................................|  2,907.1 |  3,649.2 |  2,709.3 |  2,901.7 |  2,976.4 |  2,941.4 |  3,089.8 |  3,217.6 |  3,401.0 |      5.7
         Environmental sciences .............................|  1,533.5 |    997.2 |  1,410.7 |  1,531.2 |  1,543.5 |  1,528.7 |  1,615.7 |  1,630.6 |  1,722.3 |      5.6
         Mathematics and computer sciences ..................|    511.3 |    503.6 |    626.1 |    622.0 |    661.4 |    705.5 |    734.9 |    760.8 |    920.1 |     20.9
         Engineering ........................................|  1,207.4 |  1,061.7 |  1,432.2 |  1,606.6 |  1,583.0 |  1,594.4 |  1,639.7 |  1,716.9 |  1,870.3 |      8.9
         Social sciences ....................................|    194.1 |    191.7 |    210.8 |    230.0 |    221.0 |    224.8 |    246.5 |    273.4 |    299.8 |      9.7
         Other sciences .....................................|    510.1 |    472.4 |    479.9 |    378.3 |    459.3 |    452.7 |    572.5 |    599.3 |    670.6 |     11.9
                                                             |__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
      Applied research obligations ..........................| 13,491.4 | 13,887.5 | 14,677.9 | 13,802.7 | 14,423.4 | 15,309.3 | 16,083.7 | 17,347.9 | 18,413.7 |      6.1
        Performers                                           |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
         Federal intramural\1\ ..............................|  4,755.0 |  4,983.2 |  5,074.9 |  4,839.0 |  4,978.7 |  5,046.9 |  5,430.6 |  5,721.0 |  6,142.3 |      7.4
         Industrial firms ...................................|  3,059.7 |  2,954.4 |  3,506.7 |  3,160.3 |  3,225.5 |  3,515.4 |  3,497.0 |  3,696.1 |  3,925.1 |      6.2
         FFRDCs\2\ administered by industrial firms .........|    558.6 |    499.6 |    578.9 |    423.4 |    464.9 |    517.7 |    565.8 |    541.9 |    586.2 |      8.2
         Universities and colleges ..........................|  3,045.5 |  3,299.3 |  3,420.3 |  3,267.6 |  3,477.4 |  3,788.9 |  4,096.7 |  4,655.3 |  4,789.8 |      2.9
         FFRDCs\2\ administered by universities and colleges |    909.8 |    845.1 |    797.3 |    864.0 |    998.8 |  1,100.7 |    988.6 |  1,052.5 |  1,201.2 |     14.1
         Other nonprofit institutions .......................|    876.4 |    969.2 |    921.9 |    944.3 |  1,005.3 |  1,027.7 |  1,156.7 |  1,307.1 |  1,360.4 |      4.1
         FFRDCs\2\ administered by nonprofit institutions ...|    102.2 |    104.0 |    134.9 |    119.4 |    129.2 |     92.6 |    114.6 |    112.6 |    130.1 |     15.6
         State and local governments ........................|    140.1 |    155.5 |    142.7 |    107.3 |     75.5 |    155.2 |    171.0 |    201.2 |    219.2 |      8.9
         Foreign ............................................|     44.1 |     77.2 |    100.3 |     77.4 |     68.2 |     64.1 |     62.8 |     60.2 |     59.4 |     -1.3
                                                             |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
        Fields of science                                    |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
         Life sciences ......................................|  4,483.3 |  4,649.0 |  5,232.3 |  5,188.7 |  5,457.6 |  5,704.1 |  6,225.3 |  7,048.1 |  7,284.6 |      3.4
         Psychology .........................................|    303.9 |    302.9 |    373.9 |    231.5 |    251.5 |    279.0 |    285.3 |    311.2 |    326.2 |      4.8
         Physical sciences ..................................|  1,519.8 |  3,143.5 |  2,141.9 |  1,062.7 |  1,172.4 |  1,268.3 |    976.4 |    965.5 |  1,029.1 |      6.6
         Environmental sciences .............................|  1,075.0 |  1,034.8 |  1,312.3 |  1,465.8 |  1,502.2 |  1,533.2 |  1,479.5 |  1,471.8 |  1,521.0 |      3.3
         Mathematics and computer sciences ..................|    714.1 |    738.7 |  1,041.7 |    932.1 |  1,010.5 |  1,131.4 |  1,245.7 |  1,417.7 |  1,597.2 |     12.7
         Engineering ........................................|  4,292.0 |  2,961.6 |  3,520.5 |  4,073.0 |  4,107.3 |  4,301.0 |  4,623.7 |  4,831.4 |  5,218.3 |      8.0
         Social sciences ....................................|    480.8 |    463.3 |    472.0 |    444.2 |    475.3 |    581.3 |    608.3 |    628.4 |    696.0 |     10.8
         Other sciences .....................................|    622.4 |    593.8 |    583.3 |    404.7 |    446.8 |    510.9 |    639.6 |    673.7 |    741.2 |     10.0
                                                             |__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
    Development obligations .................................| 40,423.5 | 39,815.4 | 40,181.4 | 39,397.5 | 40,464.3 | 40,981.0 | 41,813.1 | 43,140.7 | 42,838.1 |     -0.7
      Performers                                             |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
       Federal intramural\1\ ................................|  9,196.2 |  8,650.9 |  9,554.9 |  9,068.1 |  9,052.7 |  9,149.3 |  9,398.9 |  9,869.3 |  9,559.6 |     -3.1
       Industrial firms .....................................| 26,307.2 | 26,390.9 | 25,740.7 | 26,070.1 | 27,025.8 | 27,204.6 | 27,321.8 | 27,927.0 | 27,908.3 |     -0.1
       FFRDCs\2\ administered by industrial firms ...........|    655.5 |    556.3 |    385.9 |    440.7 |    368.6 |    344.7 |    448.8 |    485.4 |    474.3 |     -2.3
       Universities and colleges ............................|  1,312.0 |  1,505.2 |  1,561.4 |  1,271.0 |  1,387.9 |  1,624.8 |  1,755.3 |  1,913.0 |  2,027.5 |      6.0
       FFRDCs\2\ administered by universities and colleges ..|  1,318.9 |  1,111.8 |  1,338.7 |  1,061.6 |  1,102.1 |  1,147.2 |  1,342.3 |  1,319.0 |  1,240.7 |     -5.9
       Other nonprofit institutions .........................|    770.6 |    834.8 |    750.4 |    707.4 |    667.2 |    729.9 |    802.0 |    868.8 |    835.0 |     -3.9
       FFRDCs\2\ administered by nonprofit institutions .....|    580.0 |    557.6 |    621.3 |    558.7 |    603.4 |    388.5 |    443.7 |    447.6 |    507.7 |     13.4
       State and local governments ..........................|    108.5 |     94.7 |     95.1 |     59.3 |    117.1 |    207.4 |    125.1 |    121.6 |    122.8 |      1.0
       Foreign ..............................................|    174.8 |    113.3 |    133.0 |    160.5 |    139.3 |    184.6 |    175.2 |    189.2 |    162.1 |    -14.3
                                                             |__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
  R & D plant obligations ...................................|  3,100.7 |  2,171.2 |  2,256.9 |  1,746.1 |  1,914.8 |  1,840.2 |  2,045.8 |  2,302.3 |  2,083.1 |     -9.5
    Performers                                               |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
     Federal intramural\1\ ..................................|    432.0 |    392.6 |    482.6 |    405.1 |    608.3 |    475.3 |    483.3 |    787.8 |    441.9 |    -43.9
     Industrial firms .......................................|  1,048.2 |    746.8 |    696.6 |    465.4 |    389.8 |    487.7 |    544.7 |    526.7 |    561.7 |      6.6
     FFRDCs\2\ administered by industrial firms .............|    124.4 |    119.4 |     95.1 |     43.9 |     60.5 |     45.6 |    172.8 |    154.5 |    321.6 |    108.2
     Universities and colleges ..............................|    361.4 |    209.0 |    323.8 |    243.1 |    238.6 |    139.5 |    141.2 |    192.8 |    194.4 |      0.8
     FFRDCs\2\ administered by universities and colleges ....|    619.5 |    608.8 |    543.9 |    497.8 |    548.8 |    663.6 |    615.5 |    552.8 |    469.5 |    -15.1
     Other nonprofit institutions ...........................|    415.6 |     20.9 |     25.6 |     23.4 |     16.7 |     10.9 |     12.2 |     24.6 |     14.3 |    -41.9
     FFRDCs\2\ administered by nonprofit institutions .......|     65.5 |     72.9 |     62.6 |     66.1 |     52.0 |     12.1 |     70.7 |     61.9 |     79.8 |     28.9
     State and local governments ............................|      0.5 |      0.8 |      0.5 |      1.0 |      --- |      --- |      5.3 |      1.3 |      --- |      ---
     Foreign ................................................|     33.4 |      0.2 |     26.1 |      0.5 |      0.1 |      5.5 |      --- |      --- |      --- |      ---
_____________________________________________________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________

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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 February 2001.)


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