Table 3-15. Federal obligations for intramural basic researcti, by 

 selected agencies, 1960-74 



[Dollars in millions] 



1974 

 Agency 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 (est.) 



Current dollars 



Total $160 $206 $251 $299 $363 $424 $444 $472 $502 $565 $646 $535 $607 $585 $635 



Department of 



Defense 53 54 64 73 76 80 85 82 86 90 96 99 113 112 104 



National Aeronautics 



and Space 



Administration' 27 49 63 84 127 158 155 163 179 202 239 172 202 189 222 



Department of 



Agriculture 23 28 32 37 43 57 62 63 67 77 85 87 97 100 107 



Department of Health, 



Education and 



Welfare 18 25 31 39 45 47 59 67 70 88 114 68 77 79 86 



Department of ttie 



Interior 19 21 23 24 26 31 34 40 41 43 40 41 47 55 66 



Department of 



Commerce 9 11 15 19 21 22 20 22 24 26 36 35 33 14 15 



Other agencies 11 18 22 23 25 29 29 35 35 39 36 33 38 36 35 



Constant 1967 dollars" 



Total $182 $231 $279 $328 $389 $446 $458 $472 $483 $518 $562 $445 $488 $446 $439 



Department of 



Defense 60 62 72 80 82 85 88 82 83 83 83 82 91 85 72 



National Aeronautics 



and Space 



Administration' 31 55 70 92 137 168 160 163 172 185 208 143 163 144 153 



Department of 



Agriculture 26 31 36 41 46 60 64 63 64 71 74 72 78 76 74 



Department of Health, 



Education and 



Welfare 20 28 34 43 49 50 61 67 67 81 99 57 62 60 59 



Department of the 



Interior 22 24 26 26 28 33 35 40 39 39 35 34 38 42 46 



Department of 



Commerce 10 12 17 21 23 23 21 22 23 24 31 29 27 11 10 



Other Agencies 13 20 24 25 27 31 30 35 34 36 31 27 31 27 24 



' The large amounts reported by NASA tor basic research are due to the substantial cost of support equipment such as spacecraft and launch vehicles 

 peculiar to space exploration, and the statistical prorations of costs for tracking and data acquisition. 

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



NOTE Detail may not add to totals because of rounding 



SOURCE. National Science Foundation. Federal Funds for Research. Development and other Scientific Activities, Fiscal Years 1973. 1974, and 1975. Vol. 

 XXIII (NSF 74-320-A). and earlier volumes 



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