Table 129. Federal obligations for basic research, by performer: FYs 1967–2017

(Dollars in millions)

Fiscal year Total Intramurala Extramural
United States and U.S. territories Foreign
Industry Industry-administered FFRDCs Universities and colleges University-administered FFRDCs Other nonprofits Nonprofit-administered FFRDCs State, local governments
1967 1,845.8 434.9 180.9 30.3 857.1 203.7 104.9 7.9 4.2 21.9
1968 1,840.6 431.6 195.0 30.1 835.1 225.2 93.4 3.0 11.8 15.5
1969 1,944.8 531.9 184.7 29.8 864.3 219.3 85.5 3.3 13.3 12.6
1970 1,925.9 558.4 185.0 29.7 808.1 237.0 80.1 3.5 13.9 10.1
1971 1,980.1 565.4 166.6 29.2 879.4 227.7 85.2 2.2 16.6 7.9
1972 2,186.9 596.9 151.4 32.2 1,021.4 254.5 96.4 7.2 15.6 11.2
1973 2,232.0 608.1 176.1 39.4 1,048.2 229.0 98.5 3.4 16.2 13.1
1974 2,387.7 695.9 124.0 31.5 1,144.7 223.1 127.1 6.2 16.8 18.3
1975 2,588.4 733.5 118.5 47.9 1,260.6 257.5 128.2 13.8 14.0 14.3
1976 2,767.5 786.0 131.1 59.8 1,341.7 284.9 126.5 7.9 12.9 16.6
1977 3,258.6 914.1 208.1 53.1 1,555.1 324.1 162.5 5.6 15.6 20.4
1978 3,698.6 1,029.3 247.7 65.4 1,759.2 356.8 192.8 5.8 17.1 24.6
1979 4,192.7 1,089.1 277.1 66.6 2,079.9 393.6 240.3 6.7 19.8 19.5
1980 4,674.2 1,182.5 325.3 70.4 2,320.3 436.8 279.5 7.5 23.9 28.1
1981 5,041.3 1,301.8 292.9 73.3 2,503.2 490.6 313.1 8.6 26.5 31.2
1982 5,481.6 1,465.5 270.9 87.4 2,727.1 516.7 355.6 9.0 24.5 24.9
1983 6,260.1 1,689.8 292.9 83.0 3,112.3 604.0 409.6 8.0 32.1 28.5
1984 7,067.4 1,861.1 377.9 91.1 3,530.8 668.9 473.6 8.2 28.1 27.7
1985 7,818.7 1,923.4 380.1 122.6 4,038.7 724.2 555.8 12.4 30.5 30.9
1986 8,153.1 2,018.9 511.6 117.6 4,132.1 724.1 572.1 13.0 30.9 32.7
1987 8,942.4 2,046.2 467.0 119.9 4,665.6 906.7 657.7 13.3 37.5 28.5
1988 9,473.6 2,050.3 596.9 133.0 4,868.3 989.8 728.6 17.7 42.7 46.3
1989 10,602.0 2,313.4 773.2 223.9 5,221.4 1,098.1 838.9 42.2 43.6 47.4
1990 11,285.6 2,294.6 887.5 246.8 5,548.2 1,227.3 924.1 59.2 50.4 47.6
1991 12,170.8 2,391.6 949.9 264.0 6,064.5 1,306.2 1,015.5 80.8 49.1 49.1
1992 12,489.9 2,337.6 920.3 247.2 6,331.8 1,394.1 1,097.2 65.5 42.4 53.8
1993 13,399.1 2,661.8 896.3 243.6 6,833.7 1,402.7 1,164.9 71.3 71.7 53.3
1994 13,523.5 2,497.8 1,109.6 237.6 6,992.3 1,336.0 1,132.9 74.4 75.2 67.6
1995 13,877.0 2,693.5 1,214.2 239.8 6,943.9 1,438.8 1,148.3 75.2 78.7 44.6
1996 14,464.0 2,676.7 1,108.8 272.8 7,443.5 1,521.0 1,234.6 76.1 80.2 50.5
1997 14,941.9 2,688.3 1,166.7 294.7 7,695.8 1,600.0 1,289.6 88.4 68.4 49.9
1998 15,613.0 2,918.5 1,119.4 326.4 7,951.7 1,642.3 1,397.6 121.8 84.9 50.4
1999 17,443.7 3,255.2 1,082.8 313.4 9,107.1 1,565.5 1,650.0 354.9 61.4 53.4
2000 19,569.8 3,621.8 1,356.5 171.3 10,056.7 1,674.0 1,985.3 521.6 75.7 106.9
2001 21,958.1 4,193.8 917.1 175.1 11,792.2 1,762.1 2,441.7 540.5 71.6 64.0
2002 23,668.3 4,460.0 1,231.9 239.6 12,668.2 1,805.2 2,531.7 563.4 71.5 96.8
2003 24,751.4 4,662.1 1,279.6 312.8 13,151.8 1,827.8 2,703.9 582.1 85.4 146.1
2004 26,120.7 4,671.6 1,969.4 292.2 13,398.5 2,005.8 2,746.1 606.8 197.9 232.3
2005 27,140.3 4,772.7 2,051.0 270.1 13,989.9 2,021.2 2,914.2 670.7 235.9 214.6
2006 26,584.6 4,763.6 1,858.9 220.4 13,657.6 2,096.8 2,867.4 755.8 152.7 211.2
2007 26,865.8 4,572.2 1,736.2 341.3 14,220.3 1,982.8 2,793.8 889.5 101.3 228.4
2008 27,154.0 4,767.5 1,545.4 574.9 14,645.7 1,484.3 2,935.2 915.8 75.9 209.1
2009 32,879.4 5,529.8 1,631.6 678.3 18,229.6 1,964.3 3,487.4 1,059.1 94.3 204.8
2010 31,795.3 5,190.9 1,746.9 591.6 17,403.1 1,870.6 3,530.4 1,139.4 103.2 219.2
2011 29,313.6 4,869.8 1,726.5 483.0 15,771.4 2,010.1 3,066.5 1,101.9 75.8 208.7
2012 30,958.9 5,579.4 2,155.3 434.1 15,729.8 2,550.5 3,123.1 1,096.2 80.4 210.0
2013 29,779.4 5,217.2 2,052.3 463.3 14,950.2 2,738.5 2,999.8 1,099.9 66.0 192.3
2014 31,587.9 5,669.4 2,516.0 459.1 15,654.7 2,744.3 3,124.8 1,156.6 78.0 185.0
2015 31,527.1 5,813.7 2,536.5 507.0 15,295.5 2,920.5 2,985.7 1,200.2 61.2 206.7
2016 (preliminary) 33,227.3 6,263.7 2,761.8 458.4 15,926.6 3,156.4 3,083.2 1,295.5 71.8 210.0
2017 (preliminary) 34,323.0 6,412.2 2,848.2 455.4 16,431.3 3,370.0 3,157.9 1,368.7 66.1 213.3