Table 3-2. Basic research expenditures, by performer, 1960-74 



[Dollars in millions] 



Year 



Total 



Universities 

 and colleges 



Federal 

 Government 



Industry 



FFRDC's' 



Nonprofit 

 institutions 



Current dollars 



1960 .... 



1961 .... 



1962 .... 



1963 .... 



1964 .... 



1965 .... 



1966 .... 



1967 .... 



1968 .... 



1969 .... 



1970 .... 



1971 .... 



1972 .... 



1973 .... 

 1974(est.) 



1960 .... 



1961 .... 



1962 .... 



1963 .... 



1964 .... 



1965 .... 



1966 .... 



1967 .... 



1968 .... 



1969 .... 



1970 .... 



1971 .... 



1972 .... 



1973 .... 

 1974{est.) 



$1,347 

 1,549 

 1,884 

 2.165 

 2,486 

 2,729 

 2,915 

 3,029 

 3,159 

 3,098 

 3,086 

 2,947 

 2.981 

 2,895 

 2,757 



$ 



492 



602 



733 



893 



1,084 



1,207 



1,345 



1,457 



1,586 



1,566 



1.562 



1,592 



1,629 



1,568 



1,486 



$182 

 232 

 279 

 328 

 393 

 450 

 459 

 472 

 483 

 518 

 562 

 445 

 488 

 446 

 439 



$428 

 444 

 542 

 573 

 593 

 628 

 644 

 629 

 617 

 567 

 547 

 507 

 466 

 461 

 442 



$110 

 129 

 151 

 174 

 206 

 221 

 234 

 250 

 265 

 252 

 234 

 216 

 201 

 226 

 201 



$133 

 142 

 179 

 197 

 210 

 223 

 233 

 221 

 209 

 195 

 181 

 187 

 197 

 194 

 189 



' Federally Funded Research and Development Centers administered by universities 

 ^ 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, National Patterns of R&D Resources. 1953-75 {NSF 75-307) 



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