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Federal Funds Survey, Fields of Science and Engineering Research to Universities and Colleges Historical Tables, Fiscal Years 1977-97

To provide data users with the most timely data possible, these historical data tables are being released several months earlier than last year's printed report and will only be available via the World Wide Web. The statistics in the tables are considered final and are not expected to be revised.

These tabulations result from NSF's Survey of Federal Funds for Research and Development, Volume 45, for fiscal years 1995-97, and from earlier surveys in this series. (See also Federal Funds for Research and Development: Fiscal Years 1995, 1996, and 1997, Volume 45 (NSF-97-327)). They reflect the research portion of research and development (R&D) funding levels as reported by Federal agencies. Totals in these tables are given in obligations for research performed at universities and colleges by field of science and engineering, and selected agency. The research obligations data are further categorized according to basic research and applied research by field of science and engineering.


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List of Tables


Total Research Performed at Universities and Colleges—Agency and Field of Science and Engineering up arrow
Table 1. Federal obligations to universities and colleges for total research, by detailed field of science & engineering, and selected agency: fiscal years 1977-97
Total, all agencies
Department of Agriculture
Department of Defense
Department of Energy
Department of Health & Human Services (HHS)
HHS: National Institutes of Health
HHS: Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Services Administration
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Science Foundation
Basic Research Performed at Universities and Colleges—Agency and Field of Science and Engineering up arrow
Table 2. Federal obligations to universities and colleges for basic research, by detailed field of science & engineering, and selected agency: fiscal years 1977-97
Total, all agencies
Department of Agriculture
Department of Defense
Department of Energy
Department of Health & Human Services (HHS)
HHS: National Institutes of Health
HHS: Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Services Administration
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Science Foundation
Applied Research Performed at Universities and Colleges—Agency and Field of Science and Engineering up arrow
Table 3. Federal obligations to universities and colleges for applied research, by detailed field of science & engineering, and selected agency: fiscal years 1977-97
Total, all agencies
Department of Agriculture
Department of Defense
Department of Energy
Department of Health & Human Services (HHS)
HHS: National Institutes of Health
HHS: Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Services Administration
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Science Foundation