Figure 3-15 



Federal Obligations for Intramural Basic Research, by Selected Agencies, 1960-74 



Current dollars Constant 1967 dollars ' 



(Dollars in Millions) 

 250 I 



200 - 



150 - 



(Dollars in IVIillions) 

 250 



' GNP implicit price deflators used to convert current dollars to constant 1967 dollars. 



- The large amounts reported by NASA tor basic research are due to the substantial cost of support equipment sucti as spacecraft 



and launch vehicles peculiar to space exploration, and the statistical proration of costs for tracking and data acquisition. 



SOURCE National Science Foundation 



and the R&D Institute at the National Cancer 

 Institute of HEW." 



Current dollar funding for basic research in 

 these laboratories increased steadily from 1960 



-' For further information on the utiHzation of intramural 

 Federal laboratories see: U.S. Congress, House Committee 

 on Appropriations, Agriculture-Environmental and Con- 

 sumer Protection Appropriations for 1975; Part 7, bweilignlive 

 Report on Ihe Ulilizalion of FeiiernI iahoralories - 93rd Cong., 2nd 

 Sess., 1974. 



to 1970, and then after a slight decline in 1971 

 had risen again by 1974.2'' jp constant dollars, 

 however, 1974 funding was approximately equal 

 to that of 1965, and down 22 percent from the 

 peak year of 1970. 



The constant dollar decline in intramural basic 

 research funding is evident in all major agencies 



-" See Appendix table 3-15. 



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