Table 2.2-Funds for basic research, by field of science and company employment size, 1975 



(Dollars in millions] 



Under 1,000- 5.000- 10.000- 



Total Employment ^ ^^^ ^ggg gggg 24.999 



Total $702 $31 $60 $81 $115 



Physical Sciences 316 6 21 44 49 



Chemistry 231 n/a n/a 41 43 



Physics n/a n/a n/a n/a 6 



Astronomy n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 



Mathematics 12 n/a n/a n/a n/a 



Environmental Sciences 11 3 n/a n/a n/a 



Atmospheric Sciences 4 n/a n/a n/a n/a 



Geological Sciences ' 6 n/a n/a n/a 2 



Oceanography 1 n/a n/a n/a n/a 



Engineering 192 15 21 9 12 



Life Sciences 129 n/a n/a 27 47 



Biological Sciences 90 n/a n/a 15 37 



Clinical-Medical Sciences .... 38 n/a n/a 12 10 



Other Sciences 41 5 2 n/a n/a 



Sum of detail may not add to total or subtotals due to rounding, 

 n/a — Not separately available but included in higher level totals. 



Source: Survey of Industrial Research and Development, U.S. Bureau of the Census (1975) 



25.000 and 

 over 



$415 



195 

 124 



n/a 

 n/a 



11 



4 



n/a 

 3 



n/a 



135 



41 



n/a 

 n/a 



30 



Table 2.3-Federal funds obligated for 



industry-administered FFRDC's, 



1974-1977 



[Dollars in millions] 



1974 1975 1976 1977 



Total R&D funds $593 $729 $849 $1,062 



Basic research 23 33 43 49 



Applied research 75 108 139 173 



Development 495 588 667 840 



Source; Federal Funds. Vols. XXIV (NSF 75-323), XXV 

 (NSF 76-315), XXVI (NSF 77-317) 



is in sharp contrast to the 1977 basic research ob- 

 ligations of $315 million in the FFRDC's adminis- 

 tered by universities and colleges. 



The trends in support of basic research in in- 

 dustry-administered FFRDC's for the period 1974- 

 1977 are shown in Table 2.3. 



In current dollars. Federal obligations for basic 

 research in FFRDC's administered by industrial 

 firms more than doubled in this 4-year period. The 

 $49 million is approximately 25 percent of Federal 

 support of basic research in industry in 1977, to- 

 taling $201 million. It is noteworthy that, while 

 industry received $201 million, it contributed $143 

 million itself for basic research in universities, 

 colleges, and other nonprofit institutions. 



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