six agencies noted earlier, NSF and HEW 

 allocated the largest fraction of their total basic 

 research obligations to educational institutions 

 in 1974 (84 and 70 percent, respectively), 

 followed by DOD (44 percent), USDA (24 

 percent), AEC (21 percent), and NASA (6 

 percent). 



Comparably large variations exist among the 

 agencies in respect to the allocation of basic 

 research obligations for broad fields of science 

 and engineering at universities and colleges, as 

 shown in the following table. 



Figure 3-9 



Estimated Federal Basic Research Expenditures in Universities and Colleges, 

 by Field of Science, 1964-74 



Current dollars 



Constant 1967 dollars' 



(Dollars in Millions) 

 450 



(Dollars in Millions) 



400 - 



350 



300 - 



250 



200 



150 



100 



1964 



■66 



74 



(Prelim.) 



1964 



■66 



■68 



■72 '74 



(Prelim.) 



' GNP implicit price deflators used to convert 

 current dollars to constant 1967 dollars. 

 SOURCE. National Science Foundation. 



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