TABLE 9. U.S. development expenditures, by source of funds and performing sector: 1953–2011 Year Funding source: All sources Performer: All performers Total Federal Industryb,c Federal Industry FFRDCsc U&Cd Other Nonprofit U&C FFRDCs nonprofite FFRDCse U&C Industry Total Industryb,f U&Cd Other nonprofit U&Cd 1,630 1,685 1,738 2,267 2,174 2,241 2,557 2,935 3,189 3,246 3,535 3,848 4,419 4,961 5,744 6,326 7,127 7,466 7,757 8,510 9,773 10,868 11,569 12,890 14,328 16,460 19,145 22,891 25,756 29,219 32,542 37,731 41,762 41,354 42,667 46,634 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 5 5 4 4 5 7 8 12 15 15 16 19 24 27 31 37 43 50 57 66 6 7 8 8 8 8 9 10 10 11 11 11 12 14 15 16 18 18 19 19 20 22 23 25 27 30 32 35 37 40 44 47 51 55 60 65 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 7 8 10 10 9 8 7 9 14 20 25 27 31 40 49 56 68 80 88 97 108 120 136 155 180 Other governmenta Other nonprofit Other Total nonprofit U&Cd U&Cd 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 5 7 9 10 10 9 9 13 15 16 16 19 24 28 31 35 39 43 47 49 53 61 71 3 3 4 4 5 6 6 6 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 8 7 6 8 12 18 20 22 24 28 32 34 38 44 46 47 51 57 65 73 83 Current $millions 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 3,412 3,734 4,189 5,855 6,681 7,214 8,463 9,360 9,930 10,115 11,540 12,506 13,215 14,490 15,332 16,154 17,051 16,925 17,399 18,743 20,197 21,504 22,706 25,085 27,667 31,056 35,445 40,765 46,305 51,879 57,771 66,461 74,522 75,855 79,929 84,567 1,762 2,027 2,427 3,561 4,477 4,941 5,872 6,390 6,701 6,822 7,956 8,610 8,742 9,466 9,521 9,756 9,848 9,382 9,561 10,141 10,311 10,506 10,993 12,035 13,153 14,383 16,064 17,604 20,242 22,323 24,859 28,320 32,304 33,993 36,691 37,285 567 537 543 631 728 842 940 1,003 1,090 1,227 1,465 1,680 1,789 1,886 1,943 1,904 2,016 2,258 2,473 2,639 2,657 2,765 2,890 2,972 3,188 3,676 3,944 4,072 4,530 5,178 6,106 7,078 8,011 8,275 8,176 8,864 1,123 1,405 1,785 2,817 3,616 3,942 4,750 5,169 5,347 5,280 6,116 6,156 6,218 6,849 6,795 7,044 6,944 6,232 6,167 6,533 6,621 6,553 6,783 7,522 8,275 8,756 9,888 10,957 12,791 14,215 15,522 17,640 20,258 21,517 24,122 23,719 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 359 298 271 302 293 332 340 391 402 399 479 535 654 675 753 810 882 950 989 1,054 1,056 1,102 1,145 1,230 1,414 9 9 12 14 12 13 16 19 22 23 22 30 48 61 66 72 80 84 69 63 71 75 83 100 153 254 336 362 386 397 399 435 486 513 599 698 48 59 69 81 101 120 134 151 170 190 219 227 207 200 208 226 246 249 267 291 296 321 373 447 503 542 603 719 778 745 832 986 1,244 1,504 1,670 1,762 17 18 19 20 21 25 32 49 73 103 134 159 183 199 208 217 231 220 194 213 268 314 330 341 359 403 483 612 360 362 447 594 644 587 474 407 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 447 436 500 530 560 453 421 420 1,637 1,693 1,748 2,277 2,185 2,252 2,569 2,948 3,201 3,259 3,548 3,861 4,433 4,977 5,762 6,346 7,150 7,489 7,780 8,533 9,798 10,896 11,600 12,927 14,370 16,504 19,193 22,945 25,817 29,286 32,617 37,815 41,857 41,460 42,784 46,765 7 8 8 9 10 11 12 12 16 20 22 21 24 28 31 35 38 40 42 44 51 57 63 68 76 88 99 110 123 137 151 167 183 201 226 254 6 7 7 7 8 9 10 10 14 18 20 18 20 23 24 26 28 30 33 35 38 42 47 52 58 64 71 79 88 98 109 120 134 149 165 183 TABLE 9. U.S. development expenditures, by source of funds and performing sector: 1953–2011 Year Funding source: All sources Performer: All performers 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 estimated Total Federal Industryb,c Federal Industry FFRDCsc U&Cd Other Nonprofit U&C FFRDCs nonprofite FFRDCse 87,723 94,067 95,105 99,811 99,705 102,938 113,079 121,377 128,677 144,723 154,376 169,472 167,812 176,689 175,591 177,347 195,864 212,836 227,834 258,663 255,099 249,979 254,835 35,320 33,859 31,220 31,514 30,054 30,208 32,436 31,373 32,270 32,714 30,609 27,513 28,547 29,904 30,185 34,411 36,697 38,875 39,482 53,629 55,007 55,571 60,489 9,355 9,700 8,778 9,098 9,071 8,823 9,262 9,033 9,077 9,214 9,265 9,377 11,062 11,800 12,646 12,746 13,994 16,089 18,016 17,566 17,245 18,141 18,884 21,049 18,966 17,256 17,181 16,083 16,209 17,824 17,066 18,121 18,452 16,571 13,510 12,542 13,061 11,939 14,419 15,512 16,720 14,860 29,488 30,436 28,088 32,256 1,423 1,438 1,383 1,372 1,038 1,196 1,208 1,358 1,292 1,280 1,208 1,185 647 639 747 851 1,052 1,156 1,738 1,948 2,008 2,118 2,053 773 910 1,012 1,055 1,127 1,213 1,180 1,128 1,055 974 710 565 673 669 940 1,268 1,199 970 939 885 1,636 2,623 2,792 1,782 1,735 1,537 1,452 1,374 1,378 1,616 1,520 1,454 1,527 1,640 1,577 1,717 1,726 1,954 2,447 2,360 2,136 2,488 2,239 1,868 1,842 1,768 507 619 722 758 787 815 744 698 687 760 727 580 874 937 743 1,300 1,211 603 568 562 550 523 400 21,111 22,895 25,256 34,127 37,688 39,798 46,149 50,337 52,799 53,058 59,896 63,930 66,343 70,733 10,904 12,425 14,630 20,758 25,255 27,257 32,017 34,362 35,629 35,786 41,293 44,014 43,885 46,208 3,506 3,293 3,271 3,675 4,104 4,643 5,126 5,391 5,793 6,436 7,604 8,588 8,979 9,207 6,949 8,615 10,762 16,421 20,398 21,749 25,902 27,798 28,432 27,697 31,745 31,469 31,216 33,435 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 1,835 1,496 1,323 53 52 69 79 68 69 85 102 114 118 114 151 241 298 294 359 416 469 570 662 731 809 901 997 1,134 1,158 1,037 976 102 107 112 114 116 135 174 261 388 538 696 813 916 969 430 490 533 599 574 573 603 571 585 507 487 720 1,033 1,074 1,216 1,379 1,369 1,202 872 941 1,264 2,236 2,336 U&C Industry Other governmenta Other nonprofit Total Industryb,f U&Cd Other nonprofit U&Cd Other Total nonprofit 51,822 59,568 63,197 67,567 68,866 71,886 79,738 89,032 95,332 110,868 122,533 140,551 137,727 145,038 143,438 140,938 157,034 171,748 185,947 202,363 196,615 190,203 190,003 51,676 59,410 63,030 67,388 68,674 71,681 79,518 88,797 95,063 110,589 122,236 140,235 137,410 144,727 143,121 140,615 156,696 171,392 185,569 201,961 196,118 189,612 189,404 76 83 86 91 97 102 108 115 114 114 119 121 121 120 121 123 126 130 138 153 256 349 357 70 75 82 88 95 103 111 120 155 164 178 195 197 191 195 199 212 226 240 249 241 242 242 205 226 239 246 259 276 288 305 305 302 321 348 376 419 461 474 493 512 533 581 951 1,335 1,405 285 315 345 378 416 455 495 538 649 723 793 934 1,030 1,184 1,349 1,358 1,477 1,540 1,703 1,905 2,220 2,449 2,506 10,087 10,331 10,479 13,215 12,264 12,364 13,943 15,784 16,957 17,028 18,348 19,671 22,185 24,218 6 6 9 12 14 17 16 13 11 10 10 10 10 10 37 43 48 47 45 44 49 54 53 58 57 56 60 68 16 19 19 21 24 24 25 25 27 30 32 33 39 47 43 49 48 50 56 61 65 65 85 105 114 105 120 137 U&Cd U&Cd 203 226 251 279 309 343 381 423 536 611 673 804 890 1,028 1,182 1,186 1,301 1,360 1,511 1,689 1,846 1,919 1,955 81 89 94 100 107 112 113 115 112 113 121 130 140 156 167 172 175 179 192 216 374 530 551 91 99 103 105 109 114 123 128 121 116 120 125 132 144 160 166 163 162 169 185 306 421 431 37 43 42 41 45 50 55 54 74 94 104 92 100 112 6 6 6 9 11 11 11 11 11 10 10 13 20 24 18 21 23 26 30 31 33 34 37 40 41 41 43 46 2005 constant $millions 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 10,130 10,381 10,536 13,273 12,323 12,425 14,009 15,851 17,021 17,096 18,416 19,737 22,255 24,296 TABLE 9. U.S. development expenditures, by source of funds and performing sector: 1953–2011 Year 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Funding source: All sources Performer: All performers 72,615 73,389 73,818 69,602 68,144 70,372 71,842 70,126 67,651 70,684 73,290 76,870 80,998 85,372 88,665 93,624 100,293 111,201 121,024 120,524 123,415 126,241 126,188 130,286 127,213 130,416 127,460 128,879 138,685 146,081 152,179 169,245 177,917 191,013 184,963 Total Federal Industryb,c 45,094 44,321 42,634 38,584 37,446 38,073 36,676 34,262 32,753 33,913 34,843 35,601 36,709 36,868 38,760 40,285 43,156 47,384 52,463 54,010 56,653 55,659 50,807 46,895 41,760 41,178 38,421 37,820 39,781 37,759 38,164 38,257 35,276 31,010 31,465 9,203 8,650 8,727 9,285 9,684 9,909 9,452 9,018 8,610 8,374 8,445 9,100 9,012 8,529 8,675 9,345 10,600 11,843 13,009 13,147 12,624 13,232 13,458 13,435 11,741 11,887 11,597 11,047 11,359 10,872 10,734 10,775 10,678 10,568 12,192 32,183 32,002 30,063 25,628 24,154 24,528 23,552 21,369 20,210 21,195 21,920 21,673 22,596 22,947 24,492 25,653 26,947 29,515 32,899 34,188 37,246 35,408 30,279 26,269 23,082 22,449 20,560 20,294 21,860 20,540 21,431 21,579 19,098 15,227 13,824 Federal Industry FFRDCsc U&Cd 1,430 1,331 1,437 1,398 1,531 1,509 1,419 1,562 1,594 1,843 1,788 1,864 1,851 1,847 1,819 1,785 1,830 1,767 1,790 1,819 1,899 2,111 2,047 1,992 1,850 1,793 1,327 1,497 1,482 1,634 1,528 1,497 1,392 1,336 713 310 325 344 343 270 235 251 243 246 280 405 628 769 758 739 717 693 727 789 816 924 1,042 1,112 1,260 1,353 1,378 1,441 1,519 1,447 1,358 1,248 1,139 819 637 741 Other Nonprofit U&C FFRDCs nonprofite FFRDCse 985 1,027 1,065 1,024 1,046 1,093 1,051 1,047 1,110 1,260 1,333 1,341 1,379 1,505 1,489 1,344 1,444 1,650 2,020 2,389 2,578 2,630 2,563 2,403 2,055 1,897 1,756 1,726 1,982 1,829 1,720 1,786 1,890 1,778 1,892 983 986 998 905 760 800 952 1,022 983 961 951 996 1,103 1,282 689 654 776 995 1,046 932 731 608 729 857 966 991 1,006 1,020 912 840 812 889 838 653 963 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 856 787 867 887 909 719 650 627 619 679 713 783 734 717 740 687 691 593 561 812 1,139 U&C Industry Total Industryb,f U&Cd Other nonprofit U&Cd 27,288 28,831 30,955 30,798 30,472 32,035 34,853 35,533 34,563 36,425 38,066 40,851 43,858 48,053 49,434 52,851 56,624 63,271 67,976 65,874 66,061 69,811 74,545 82,504 84,534 88,286 88,037 90,001 97,794 107,153 112,744 129,653 141,218 158,416 151,804 27,205 28,740 30,855 30,703 30,382 31,951 34,764 35,441 34,470 36,321 37,955 40,742 43,749 47,940 49,318 52,730 56,494 63,131 67,822 65,706 65,881 69,615 74,335 82,285 84,310 88,052 87,791 89,745 97,524 106,870 112,426 129,328 140,876 158,060 151,454 12 18 22 21 16 13 18 21 24 32 38 36 36 41 45 48 54 62 70 80 88 99 110 115 115 119 124 128 133 138 135 134 137 137 133 71 73 78 74 74 71 71 71 70 71 72 73 73 72 72 73 76 79 83 88 92 96 100 104 109 115 122 129 136 145 183 192 205 220 217 47 42 34 29 34 51 71 80 82 88 107 121 127 142 152 159 169 180 195 216 240 268 295 313 320 321 331 345 353 367 361 354 370 392 414 Other governmenta Other nonprofit Other Total nonprofit 144 159 165 164 163 165 180 187 187 192 202 217 226 230 235 247 262 280 297 320 348 380 410 436 461 494 532 570 607 648 767 846 914 1,053 1,135 114 118 121 123 129 131 135 138 140 147 153 159 163 166 168 176 188 202 217 236 255 274 293 313 336 364 395 430 468 510 634 714 775 907 981 U&Cd U&Cd 31 41 43 41 33 34 44 49 48 45 49 58 63 64 67 70 74 78 80 84 93 106 117 123 126 130 137 140 139 138 133 132 139 146 154 40 35 31 27 31 47 62 65 66 67 74 79 78 80 84 82 82 86 93 104 113 124 132 138 137 137 139 142 150 154 143 135 138 141 145 TABLE 9. U.S. development expenditures, by source of funds and performing sector: 1953–2011 Year Funding source: All sources Performer: All performers 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 estimated 191,644 186,531 183,236 195,864 206,175 214,479 238,218 232,481 225,224 224,801 Total Federal Industryb,c 32,435 32,065 35,554 36,697 37,658 37,167 49,390 50,130 50,068 53,360 12,798 13,434 13,169 13,994 15,586 16,960 16,178 15,716 16,344 16,658 14,167 12,683 14,898 15,512 16,197 13,989 27,157 27,737 25,307 28,455 Federal Industry FFRDCsc U&Cd 693 793 879 1,052 1,120 1,636 1,794 1,830 1,908 1,811 725 998 1,310 1,199 940 884 815 1,491 2,364 2,463 Other Nonprofit U&C FFRDCs nonprofite FFRDCse 1,872 2,076 2,529 2,360 2,069 2,342 2,062 1,703 1,659 1,560 1,016 790 1,344 1,211 584 534 518 501 472 353 1,165 1,292 1,425 1,369 1,164 821 867 1,152 2,015 2,061 U&C Industry Other governmenta Other nonprofit Total Industryb,f U&Cd Other nonprofit U&Cd Other Total nonprofit 157,314 152,374 145,618 157,034 166,373 175,048 186,368 179,182 171,368 167,610 156,977 152,038 145,284 156,696 166,028 174,692 185,998 178,729 170,835 167,082 130 129 128 126 126 130 141 233 315 315 207 207 206 212 219 226 229 219 218 213 455 489 489 493 496 501 535 867 1,203 1,240 1,284 1,433 1,403 1,477 1,491 1,603 1,754 2,023 2,207 2,211 1,115 1,255 1,226 1,301 1,318 1,422 1,555 1,682 1,729 1,725 U&Cd U&Cd 169 177 178 175 174 181 199 341 478 486 156 170 172 163 157 159 170 279 379 380 NA = not available; included in figures for federal support to industry and federal support to nonprofit institutions. FFRDC = federally funded research and development center; U&C = universities and colleges. a Because of limitations in survey information, data on other government funding to performers other than U&C were not available and consequently are included in other sectors' support for their own R&D performance (e.g., other government support to other nonprofits included in other nonprofit support for their own R&D). b Character-of-work estimates for industry revised for 1998 and later years; data not directly comparable with data for 1997 and earlier years. c Character-of-work estimates for industry-administered FFRDCs for 1953–63 not separated from federal support for industry; thus, the figure for federal support to industry includes support to FFRDCs for those years. d Figures for U&C R&D prior to 2003 cover only science and engineering (S&E) fields; in 2003 and later years, R&D in non-S&E fields is also included. Adjustments made to U&C R&D for 1998 and later years to eliminate double counting of funds passed through from one academic institution to another. Character-of-work estimation procedure revised in 1998 and again in 2010; hence, these data not directly comparable with data reported in earlier years. e Character-of-work estimates for nonprofit-administered FFRDCs for 1953–80 not separated from federal support for other nonprofits; thus; the figure for federal support to other nonprofit institutions includes support to FFRDCs for those years. f Industry sources of funds for industry R&D expenditures include all nonfederal sources of funds for industry R&D expenditures. NOTES: Technical notes explaining methodological issues of measurement available on request. Data based on annual reports by performers, except for nonprofit sector. R&D expenditures of FFRDCs chiefly federal funds, but any nonfederal funds also included in totals. For trend comparisons, use only historical data reported here; do not use data published earlier. Expenditures for industry and, prior to 2001, for industry-administered FFRDCs collected by calendar year. Expenditures for other performers are calendar-year approximations based on fiscal year data. In most cases, the approximation equals 75% of amount reported in same fiscal year plus 25% of amount reported in subsequent fiscal year. However, fiscal year for academic performers generally begins 1 July, not 1 October; also, prior to 1977, federal fiscal year began on 1 July, not 1 October. Therefore, calendar-year approximations for academic performers and federal performers prior to 1977 equal 50% of amount reported in same fiscal year plus 50% of amount reported in subsequent fiscal year. Detail may not add to total because of rounding. Constant-dollar estimates derived from unrounded data. Los Alamos National Laboratory (some $2 billion in annual R&D expenditures in recent years) became industry administered in June 2006—previously, it was U&C administered. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (more than $1 billion in annual R&D expenditures in recent years) became industry administered in October 2007—previously, it was U&C administered. The tracks of R&D expenditures from 2006 to 2008 for both industry- and U&C-administered FFRDCs reflect these shifts. SOURCES: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NSF/NCSES), National Patterns of R&D Resources (annual series); NSF/NCSES, Business R&D and Innovation Survey; NSF/NCSES, Higher Education R&D Survey; NSF/NCSES, Survey of Federal Funds for R&D; NSF/NCSES, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers R&D Survey; and NSF/NCSES, R&D Funding and Performance by Nonprofit Organizations: FYs 1996–97. All NSF/NCSES reports available at http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/.
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