Table 2-6. National R&D expenditures, by ctiaracter of work, 1960-74 



[Dollars in millions] 



Current dollars 



Constant 1967 dollars' 



Basic 



Year research 



1960 $1,183 



1961 1.378 



1962 1,695 



1963 1,974 



1964 2.301 



1965 2,572 



1966 2,825 



1967 3,029 



1968 3,286 



1969 3,378 



1970 3,548 



1971 3.544 



1972 3.705 



1973 3,800 



1974 (est.) 3,991 



Applied 

 research 



Develop- 

 ment 



Basic 

 research 



Applied 

 research 



Develop- 

 ment 



' GNP implicit price deflators used to convert current dollars to constant 1967 dollars 



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



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