Table 21a. Basic research expenditures, by performer, 1960-72 



[Dollars in millions] 



Year 



Total 



Univer- 

 sities 

 and 



colleges 



Govern- 

 ment 



Indus- 

 try 



Non- 

 profit 

 institu- 

 FFRDC's' tions 



Current dollars 



1961 



1962 



1963 



1964 



1965 



1966 



1967 



1968 



1969 



1970 



1971 (prelim.) 



1972 (est.) . . 



1960 1,284 



1961 1,475 



1962 1,783 



1963 2,049 



1964 2,351 



1965 2,573 



1966 2,744 



1967 2,860 



1968 2,991 



1969 2,941 



1970 2,918 



1971 (prelim.) . . . 2,772 



1972 (est.) 2,812 



558 



670 



804 



967 



1,159 



1,280 



1,405 



1,518 



1,644 



1,628 



1,616 



1,611 



1,602 



155 

 197 

 237 

 279 

 334 

 382 

 394 

 406 

 419 

 450 

 486 

 378 

 394 



364 

 377 

 461 

 487 

 504 

 534 

 548 

 535 

 525 

 482 

 465 

 441 

 453 



94 



110 

 129 

 148 

 176 

 188 

 199 

 213 

 226 

 214 

 199 

 184 

 195 



113 



120 

 152 

 168 

 178 

 189 

 198 

 188 

 177 

 166 

 152 

 159 

 168 



' Federally Funded Research and Development Centers administered by universities 



' GNP price deflator was used to convert current to constant dollars 



Source National Science Foundation, National Patterns of R&D Resources, 



1953-73 (NSF 73-303). 



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