TABLE 114. Federal obligations for R&D plant, by performer: FYs 1967–2012
(Dollars in millions)
Extramural
United States and U.S. territories
Fiscal year
Total
Intramurala
Industry
Industry
FFRDC
Universities and
colleges
University
FFRDC
Other
nonprofits
Nonprofit
FFRDC
State, local
governments
Foreign
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
620.1
603.8
669.0
524.4
611.2
239.0
294.2
260.4
166.0
202.8
NA
40.9
53.8
41.4
54.0
NA
40.8
87.9
60.9
110.6
111.7
98.1
61.9
56.1
49.2
138.8
101.7
176.6
169.0
178.7
NA
11.1
4.6
4.7
2.5
NA
9.8
21.2
24.1
3.3
130.5
7.3
1.6
2.1
1.2
0.1
0.0
0.9
0.1
8.9
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
602.1
774.3
766.3
820.7
836.7
246.6
323.8
308.7
346.8
316.8
67.1
76.8
64.3
62.3
73.7
75.3
145.0
229.8
229.7
205.9
45.3
42.6
25.0
35.9
35.2
130.4
162.3
118.4
131.8
189.6
28.1
15.8
6.2
10.5
10.9
1.8
3.1
2.1
3.6
4.7
4.7
3.0
11.9
0.2
0.0
2.7
1.9
*
*
0.0
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1,367.2
1,295.7
1,475.5
1,555.7
1,485.7
711.9
518.0
544.8
491.1
468.0
103.4
76.9
214.4
304.0
302.1
215.8
257.0
224.4
256.0
246.5
33.7
54.6
42.0
40.3
37.0
277.8
376.3
414.1
426.3
370.9
6.7
4.4
9.2
8.6
41.3
6.1
8.3
17.7
24.6
15.1
0.6
0.0
0.3
0.8
0.0
11.2
0.1
8.4
3.9
4.8
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1,389.8
1,297.5
1,787.3
1,820.8
1,538.8
426.0
393.9
632.8
625.3
317.1
110.4
259.3
451.5
298.3
409.2
362.2
166.4
196.6
187.8
215.9
30.3
33.6
78.5
140.8
133.2
441.7
353.0
363.2
454.2
420.9
6.6
82.1
55.6
69.9
11.8
9.4
7.9
4.2
9.1
9.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
3.2
1.2
4.9
35.5
21.0
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1,846.0
2,057.1
2,165.1
2,271.7
2,852.8
301.6
319.6
329.5
359.0
518.8
668.1
719.5
900.4
882.9
1,003.1
212.9
204.3
212.3
231.0
278.7
231.1
245.8
204.9
157.3
253.3
400.5
535.3
489.9
495.8
624.2
20.6
23.7
14.2
113.0
145.4
5.4
6.2
8.4
31.4
19.7
0.0
0.3
1.4
0.5
0.6
5.8
2.4
4.2
0.9
9.2
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
2,984.6
3,100.7
2,215.4
2,256.1
1,746.1
506.2
432.0
392.6
479.8
405.1
1,014.4
1,048.2
746.8
695.3
465.4
202.2
124.4
119.4
95.1
43.9
241.5
361.4
253.2
327.3
243.1
579.5
619.5
608.8
543.8
497.8
393.9
415.6
20.9
25.6
23.4
46.3
65.5
72.9
62.6
66.1
0.5
0.5
0.8
0.5
1.0
0.0
33.5
0.2
26.1
0.5
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
1,926.7
1,813.3
2,045.7
4,492.8
4,069.8
608.3
448.4
483.3
573.3
520.4
389.8
487.7
544.7
2,814.6
2,179.8
60.5
45.6
172.8
27.6
41.8
238.6
139.5
141.2
213.5
284.7
560.7
663.6
615.5
613.8
615.9
16.7
10.9
12.2
55.5
27.9
52.0
12.1
70.7
193.5
357.5
0.0
5.5
5.3
0.9
1.4
0.1
0.0
*
0.1
40.4
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
4,304.7
4,266.5
3,994.2
3,771.1
2,124.8
414.8
609.7
961.3
859.3
662.8
2,524.9
1,817.0
1,442.0
1,381.4
265.8
109.1
145.7
188.3
125.7
82.7
241.1
686.9
354.3
423.0
262.5
583.3
578.4
603.9
558.3
519.3
29.1
70.7
164.5
134.6
127.3
388.8
333.9
252.4
218.0
201.6
2.0
0.8
15.8
55.2
2.6
11.7
23.4
11.7
15.6
0.3
2007
2008
2009
2,168.4
1,943.9
3,668.0 r
593.4
494.0
804.7
27.6
175.6
127.7
265.6
210.2
607.0
498.4
334.4
706.5
79.7
23.7
154.4
296.2
253.8
868.2
0.0
*
1.2
6.1
3.1
2.0
401.4
449.0
396.3 r
TABLE 114. Federal obligations for R&D plant, by performer: FYs 1967–2012
(Dollars in millions)
Extramural
United States and U.S. territories
Fiscal year
Total
Intramurala
Industry
Industry
FFRDC
Universities and
colleges
University
FFRDC
Other
nonprofits
Nonprofit
FFRDC
State, local
governments
Foreign
2010
6,613.3
1,953.3
1,751.2
167.7
1,532.6
491.4
245.9
465.3
2.0
4.0
2011 (preliminary)
4,277.4
1,090.7
1,966.2
161.1
340.1
249.9
116.3
340.5
0.3
12.3
2012 (preliminary)
4,882.0
1,087.7
2,259.2
200.1
328.5
464.1
116.6
411.4
0.3
14.1
* = amount greater than $0 but less than $50,000. NA = not available; data collected for this table were not recorded at that level in that particular fiscal year. r = data significantly
revised; replaces previously published value.
FFRDC = federally funded research and development center.
a
Intramural activities cover costs associated with administration of intramural and extramural programs by federal personnel as well as actual intramural performance.
NOTES: Because of rounding, detail may not add to total. In FY 2000 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) reclassified Space Station as physical asset,
reclassified Space Station Research as equipment, and transferred funding for program from R&D to R&D plant. In FY 2006, NASA reclassified as operational costs funding for
Space Operations, Hubble Space Telescope, Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, and James Webb Space Telescope previously reported as R&D plant. In FY 2010
NASA resumed reporting International Space Station obligations as R&D plant.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation/National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Federal Funds for Research and Development.