Table 3-4. Federal obligations for basic research as a percent of 

 eacfi agency's R&D obligations, by agency, 1960-74 



Year 



All 

 agencies 



USDA 



DOD 



HEW 



AEC 



NASA' 



NSF 



All other 

 agencies 



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.) .... 



1960 $ 7,552 



1961 9.059 



1962 10,290 



1963 12,495 



1964 14,225 



1965 14,614 



1966 15,320 



1967 16,529 



1968 15,921 



1969 15,641 



1970 15,340 



1971 15,564 



1972 16,512 



1973 16,821 



1974(est.) 17,743 



Basic research as a percent of all R&D obligations 



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

 peculiar to space exploration, and the statistical proration ot costs for tracking and data acquisition. 



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. 

 Volume XXIIl (NSF 74-320-A) and earlier volumes. 



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