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Table 121. Federal obligations for R&D plant, by performer: FYs 1967–2018

(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 620.1 239.0 NA NA 111.7 138.8 NA NA 130.5 0.1
1968 603.8 294.2 40.9 40.8 98.1 101.7 11.1 9.8 7.3 0.0
1969 669.0 260.4 53.8 87.9 61.9 176.6 4.6 21.2 1.6 0.9
1970 524.4 166.0 41.4 60.9 56.1 169.0 4.7 24.1 2.1 0.1
1971 611.2 202.8 54.0 110.6 49.2 178.7 2.5 3.3 1.2 8.9
1972 602.1 246.6 67.1 75.3 45.3 130.4 28.1 1.8 4.7 2.7
1973 774.3 323.8 76.8 145.0 42.6 162.3 15.8 3.1 3.0 1.9
1974 766.3 308.7 64.3 229.8 25.0 118.4 6.2 2.1 11.9 *
1975 820.7 346.8 62.3 229.7 35.9 131.8 10.5 3.6 0.2 *
1976 836.7 316.8 73.7 205.9 35.2 189.6 10.9 4.7 0.0 0.0
1977 1,367.2 711.9 103.4 215.8 33.7 277.8 6.7 6.1 0.6 11.2
1978 1,295.7 518.0 76.9 257.0 54.6 376.3 4.4 8.3 0.0 0.1
1979 1,475.5 544.8 214.4 224.4 42.0 414.1 9.2 17.7 0.3 8.4
1980 1,555.7 491.1 304.0 256.0 40.3 426.3 8.6 24.6 0.8 3.9
1981 1,485.7 468.0 302.1 246.5 37.0 370.9 41.3 15.1 0.0 4.8
1982 1,389.8 426.0 110.4 362.2 30.3 441.7 6.6 9.4 0.0 3.2
1983 1,297.5 393.9 259.3 166.4 33.6 353.0 82.1 7.9 0.0 1.2
1984 1,787.3 632.8 451.5 196.6 78.5 363.2 55.6 4.2 0.0 4.9
1985 1,820.8 625.3 298.3 187.8 140.8 454.2 69.9 9.1 0.1 35.5
1986 1,538.8 317.1 409.2 215.9 133.2 420.9 11.8 9.6 0.0 21.0
1987 1,846.0 301.6 668.1 212.9 231.1 400.5 20.6 5.4 0.0 5.8
1988 2,057.1 319.6 719.5 204.3 245.8 535.3 23.7 6.2 0.3 2.4
1989 2,165.1 329.5 900.4 212.3 204.9 489.9 14.2 8.4 1.4 4.2
1990 2,271.7 359.0 882.9 231.0 157.3 495.8 113.0 31.4 0.5 0.9
1991 2,852.8 518.8 1,003.1 278.7 253.3 624.2 145.4 19.7 0.6 9.2
1992 2,984.6 506.2 1,014.4 202.2 241.5 579.5 393.9 46.3 0.5 0.0
1993 3,100.7 432.0 1,048.2 124.4 361.4 619.5 415.6 65.5 0.5 33.5
1994 2,215.4 392.6 746.8 119.4 253.2 608.8 20.9 72.9 0.8 0.2
1995 2,256.1 479.8 695.3 95.1 327.3 543.8 25.6 62.6 0.5 26.1
1996 1,746.1 405.1 465.4 43.9 243.1 497.8 23.4 66.1 1.0 0.5
1997 1,926.7 608.3 389.8 60.5 238.6 560.7 16.7 52.0 0.0 0.1
1998 1,813.3 448.4 487.7 45.6 139.5 663.6 10.9 12.1 5.5 0.0
1999 2,045.7 483.3 544.7 172.8 141.2 615.5 12.2 70.7 5.3 *
2000 4,492.8 573.3 2,814.6 27.6 213.5 613.8 55.5 193.5 0.9 0.1
2001 4,069.8 520.4 2,179.8 41.8 284.7 615.9 27.9 357.5 1.4 40.4
2002 4,304.7 414.8 2,524.9 109.1 241.1 583.3 29.1 388.8 2.0 11.7
2003 4,266.5 609.7 1,817.0 145.7 686.9 578.4 70.7 333.9 0.8 23.4
2004 3,994.2 961.3 1,442.0 188.3 354.3 603.9 164.5 252.4 15.8 11.7
2005 3,771.1 859.3 1,381.4 125.7 423.0 558.3 134.6 218.0 55.2 15.6
2006 2,124.8 662.8 265.8 82.7 262.5 519.3 127.3 201.6 2.6 0.3
2007 2,168.4 593.4 401.4 27.6 265.6 498.4 79.7 296.2 0.0 6.1
2008 1,943.9 494.0 449.0 175.6 210.2 334.4 23.7 253.8 * 3.1
2009 3,668.0 804.7 396.3 127.7 607.0 706.5 154.4 868.2 1.2 2.0
2010 6,613.3 1,953.3 1,751.2 167.7 1,532.6 491.4 245.9 465.3 2.0 4.0
2011 4,170.7 846.5 2,030.0 118.3 286.0 242.9 141.3 491.0 0.2 14.6
2012 2,145.7 481.2 460.5 51.8 372.5 248.1 200.8 323.1 * 7.6
2013 1,905.1 673.3 231.5 79.5 236.6 246.2 184.1 249.8 0.2 3.9
2014 2,217.6 642.5 323.3 91.2 325.8 308.5 212.8 309.8 0.3 3.4
2015 2,825.1 1,417.2 275.6 101.7 292.2 376.3 151.3 210.6 * 0.1
2016 2,441.0 646.2 344.9 71.3 284.1 591.2 289.8 202.4 0.6 10.5
2017 2,636.0 829.5 318.1 82.4 350.0 585.7 157.8 287.7 0.0 25.0
2018 (preliminary) 3,227.6 1,007.4 420.4 111.3 318.5 733.9 138.6 486.7 0.0 10.8
* = amount greater than $0 but less than $50,000. NA = not available; data were not collected at that level for that fiscal year.
FFRDC = federally funded research and development center.
a Intramural activities cover costs associated with the administration of intramural R&D programs and extramural R&D procurements by federal personnel as well as actual intramural performance.
NOTES: Because of rounding, detail may not add to total. FFRDC funding over the years may be affected by the creation of new FFRDCs and the phasing out of other FFRDCs as well as changes in the type of FFRDC administrator. For details, see the notes in the Master Government List of Federally Funded R&D Centers at http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/ffrdclist/#ffrdc. FYs 2009 and 2010 obligations include additional funding provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. See technical table A-2 for additional notes associated with the agencies listed in this table.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Federal Funds for Research and Development.