Table 2-1. National R&D expenditures, 1960-74 



[Dollars In billions] 



Year 



1960 



1961 



1962 



1963 



1964 



1965 



1966 



1967 



1968 



1969 



1970 



1971 



1972 



1973 



1974 (est.) 



Current 

 dollars 



Constant 

 dollars' 



^ GNP Implicit price deflators used to convert current dollars to constant 

 1967 dollars. 



SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Patterns of R&D 

 Resources. (953-75 (NSF 75-307) 



Table 2-2. Scientists and engineers' employed in R&D, 

 by sector, 1961-74 



[In thousands] 



Yearly 



average Total 



1961 425.7 



1965 494.1 



1968 550.4 



1969 558.2 



1970 549.5 



1971 529.7 



1972 521.5 



1973 523.1 



1974 (est.) ... 527.8 



Federal Universities 



Government Industry and colleges FFRDC's^ 



Other 



nonprofit 



institutions 



' Full-lime-equivalent basis, excluding those employed in State and local agencies, calculated as the yearly average. 

 Graduate students are Included 

 ^ Federally Funded Research and Development Centers administered by universities. 



SOURCE: National Science Foundation. National Patterns of R&D Resources. 1953-75 (NSF 75-307). 



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