Estimated Federal funding for research
and development (R&D) and for
R&D plant, as reported in
the National Science Foundation's (NSF's) Annual
Survey of Federal Funds for R&D, is expected to decrease 1 percent to
$74 billion for
Five Federal agencies, out of
the 33that report to the R&D Survey, will account for 92 percent ($69
billion) of the total Federal funding for R&D and R&D plant in FY
1994.
The Department of Defense (DOD) will comprise the largest share (51 percent),
eventhough its funding is expected to decrease 4 percent from FY 1993 to
FY 1994. Federal funding for the Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS) will comprise the second largest share (15 percent), increasing by
2 percent from FY1993 to FY 1994. Most of the HHS amount is from the National
Institutes of Health for the life sciences. The other top funding agencies
will be the National aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA, (13 percent
of the FY 1994 Federal R&D and R&D plant total). the Department of
Energy, DOE, (11 percent), and NSF (3 percent). Of these five agencies, NSF
will have the largest growth rate -7 percent (4 percent in constant-dollar
terms) from FY 1990 to FY 1994, followed by NASA with 6-percent growth (4-percent
in constant-dollar terms). Overall,DOD's average annual growth rate will
be flat from FY 1990 to FY 1994. Inconstant dollars, DOD's funding will decrease
at an annualized rate of 2 percent. R&D and R&D plant funding from
HHS is expected to average 5-percent growth per year (3 percent in constant
dollars) between FY 1990 and FY 1994.
Combined Federal basic and
Psychology is expected to be the only one of the eight
The 33 Federal agencies that report R&D obligations to the Federal Funds
survey submitted actual obligations funded for FY 1992 and estimates for
FYs 1993and 1994. Data were reported during the period March through December
1993. Agencies can later revise the estimates on the basis of expected changes
in the funding levels of R&D programs. Therefore, all FYs 1993 and 1994
obligations are subject to revision in the next cycle.
The data presented in the Data Brief are being released in advance of the
comprehensive Detailed Statistical Tables
report, Federal Funds for Research and Development: Fiscal Years 1992,1993,
and 1994, Volume XLII.
This data brief was prepared by Ronald
L.Meeks, National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources
Studies,4201 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 965, Arlington, VA 22230. For a free
copy, write to the above address, call 703-306-1773, or e-mail to
srsweb@nsf.gov.