Figure 60 



Distribution of NSF Research Project Funds, 



by Type of Expenditure, 1964-72 



(Percent) 

 60 



Total salaries and wages 



40- 



Research associates/assistants 

 salaries and wages 



Indirect costs 



Other costs 



1964 '66 6 



(a) Permanent and expendable equipment. 

 SOURCE: National Science Foundation. 



falling by more than 75 percent between 1965 

 and 1071 (figure 61). Federal funds for R&D 

 plant, as a fraction of total Federal obligations for 

 academic science, declined from 8 to just over 1 

 percent during the same period (figure 61). 



Since the effectiveness and, in many in- 

 stances, the significance of research depends 

 directly upon the availability of appropriate tools 

 and plant, expenditures for them are as essen- 

 tial as expenditures for the performance of re- 

 search itself. However, support for these critical 

 items has fallen well behind that for research. 



Major Research Facilities 



Many fields of science now require large, 

 specialized facilities to achieve significant ad- 

 vances and to initiate research in promising new 



Figure 61 



Federal Obligations for Academic 

 R&D Plant, FY 1963-71 

 Total 



(Millions) 

 135 



Current dollars 



(Percent) 



As a percent of Federal 

 obligations for academic science 



± 



± 



1963 



■65 



'67 

 Fiscal year 

 (a) Based on academic R&D price deflator. 

 SOURCE: National Science Foundation. 



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