TABLE 2. R&D expenditures at universities and colleges, by character of work: FY 1953–2009
(Dollars in millions)
Basic research
Applied research and development
All R&D
expenditures
Amount
Percent
Amount
Percent
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
255
290
312
372
410
110
136
159
200
240
43.1
46.9
51.0
53.8
58.5
145
154
153
172
170
56.9
53.1
49.0
46.2
41.5
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
456
526
646
763
904
281
343
433
536
659
61.6
65.2
67.0
70.2
72.9
175
183
213
227
245
38.4
34.8
33.0
29.8
27.1
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1,081
1,275
1,474
1,715
1,921
814
1,003
1,138
1,303
1,457
75.3
78.7
77.2
76.0
75.8
267
272
336
412
464
24.7
21.3
22.8
24.0
24.2
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
2,149
2,225
2,335
2,500
2,630
1,650
1,711
1,796
1,914
2,022
76.8
76.9
76.9
76.6
76.9
499
514
539
586
608
23.2
23.1
23.1
23.4
23.1
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
2,884
3,022
3,409
3,729
4,067
2,053
2,153
2,410
2,549
2,800
71.2
71.2
70.7
68.4
68.8
831
869
999
1,180
1,267
28.8
28.8
29.3
31.6
31.2
1978a
1979
1980
1981
1982
4,625
5,366
6,063
6,847
7,324
na
3,619
4,036
4,594
4,879
na
67.4
66.6
67.1
66.6
na
1,747
2,026
2,253
2,445
na
32.6
33.4
32.9
33.4
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
7,882
8,620
9,687
10,928
12,153
5,303
5,733
6,556
7,492
8,393
67.3
66.5
67.7
68.6
69.1
2,579
2,887
3,131
3,435
3,760
32.7
33.5
32.3
31.4
30.9
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
13,463
14,979
16,290
17,589
18,821
8,894
9,793
10,645
11,607
12,516
66.1
65.4
65.3
66.0
66.5
4,569
5,186
5,645
5,982
6,305
33.9
34.6
34.7
34.0
33.5
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
19,954
21,035
22,179
23,055
24,380
13,303
13,989
14,812
15,481
16,602
66.7
66.5
66.8
67.1
68.1
6,651
7,046
7,367
7,574
7,778
33.3
33.5
33.2
32.9
31.9
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
25,867
27,544
30,084
32,824
36,405
19,058
20,450
22,547
24,405
27,379
73.7
74.2
74.9
74.4
75.2
6,810
7,094
7,537
8,419
9,026
26.3
25.8
25.1
25.6
24.8
2003
40,100
30,121
75.1
9,979
24.9
Fiscal year
TABLE 2. R&D expenditures at universities and colleges, by character of work: FY 1953–2009
(Dollars in millions)
Fiscal year
2004
2005
2006
2007
Basic research
Applied research and development
All R&D
expenditures
Amount
Percent
Amount
Percent
43,258
45,799
47,751
49,493
31,968
34,367
36,076
37,725
73.9
75.0
75.6
76.2
11,290
11,432
11,674
11,768
26.1
25.0
24.4
23.8
2008
51,934
39,408
75.9
12,526
2009
54,935
40,955
74.6
13,980
na = not applicable; separate data for basic research and applied research and development were not collected for FY 1978.
a
24.1
25.4
FY 1978 data are estimated based on data collected from doctorate-granting institutions only.
NOTES: R&D expenditures by character of work are based on estimates of basic research provided by universities and colleges. Because of
rounding, detail may not add to total. The character of work estimation procedure was revised for FY 1998 and later years; hence, these data
are not directly comparable with data for FY 1997 and earlier years.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation/Division of Science Resources Statistics, Survey of Research and Development Expenditures at
Universities and Colleges, FY 2009.