Figure 3-11 



Concentration of R&D Expenditures 

 at the 100 Universities and Colleges 

 with the Greatest Expenditures 

 in Selected Fields, 1974 



first First First First First 



10 20 40 60 80 



Institutions rant^ed by expenditures in each field 

 1 Based on total R&D expenditures in individual fields 

 SOURCE: National Science Foundation. 



Basic research expenditures 

 per scientist and engineer 



Basic research expenditures in doctorate 

 institutions^-' reached their highest level in 1972 

 in constant dollars and then dropped nearly 15 

 percent over the next two years (see Appendix 

 table 3-12), while the number of scientists and 

 engineers in these institutions rose continuously 

 through 1974. This increase of scientists and 

 engineers was due partially to an expanding 

 number of institutions awarding doctorate 



degrees in a science or engineering field — 224 

 such universities in 1969 compared with 280 in 

 1974 — as well as increases in the number of such 

 personnel at existing doctorate-level in- 

 stitutions. 



These trends— an increase in the number of 

 scientists and engineers and a drop in real 

 expenditures for basic research— have produced 

 a reduction of almost 30 percent in constant 

 dollar expenditures per scientist and engineer in 



Figure 3-12 



Basic Research Expenditures per 



Scientist and Engineer , in Doctorate-granting 



Institutions, by Source, 1966-74 



(in constant 1967 dollars -) 



(Dollars per FTE Scientist and Engineer) 

 12000 



11000 



1 0000 



9000 



8000 



7000 



6000 



5000 



4000 



3000 



2000 



1000 



Federal 

 I Non-Federal 



1966 



1968 



1970 



1972 1973 1974 



i-' Those granting doctorates in at least one science or 

 engineering field. 



> Full-time-equivalent tjasis 

 - GNP implicit price deflators used to convert 

 current dollars to constant 1967 dollars- 

 SOURCE: National Science Foundation. 



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