Federal support as 

 a percent of all basic 

 research expenditures 



Selected fields 



All fields 



Physical sciences 



Chemistry 



Physics 



Environmental sciences 

 Life sciences 



Clinical medicine ... 



Biological sciences . . , 



Engineering 



Social sciences 



Other fields 



1964 



76 

 93 

 89 

 97 

 91 

 69 

 84 

 53 

 82 

 61 

 80 



1974 



70 

 82 

 78 

 87 

 74 

 69 

 77 

 59 

 69 

 58 

 72 



Support by Federal agencies. The six Federal 

 agencies mentioned earlier accounted for 98 

 percent of total Federal obligations to univer- 

 sities and colleges for basic research in 1974, 

 with the NSF and HEW alone providing 74 

 percent of all such obligations. The individual 

 Federal agencies differ greatly in the proportion 

 of their total obligations for basic research which 

 they direct to universities and colleges. i* Of the 



'» Ffi/mi/ funds for Reieanh. DevelopmenI, ami Other Scientific 

 Activities, FiscalYears 1973. J974ami 1975, Vo/. XXIJJ National 

 Science Foundation (NSF 74-320-A), and earlier volumes in 

 this report series. 



Figure 3-8 



Estimated Basic Research Expenditures in Universities and Colleges, 



by Field of Science, 1964-74 



Current dollars 



Constant 1967 dollars ' 



(Dollars in Millions) 



(Dollars in Millions) 



500 - 



::— ' 



^ Environmental 



1964 



•66 



74 

 (Prelim.) 



1964 



72 



74 

 (Prelim.) 



I GNP implicit price detlatofs used to convert 

 current dollars to constant 1967 dollars 

 SOURCE- National Science Foundation. 



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