Table 1. Federal obligations for science and engineering to universities and colleges, by type of activity: FYs 1963–2014

(Dollars in thousands)

Fiscal year All federal obligations R&D R&D plant Facilities for instruction in S&E Fellowships, traineeships, and training grants General support for S&E Other S&E activities
1963 1,328,511.0 829,524.0 105,896.0 NA NA NA 393,091.0
1964 1,528,604.0 975,597.0 100,837.0 NA NA NA 452,170.0
1965 1,816,171.0 1,094,963.0 126,196.0 NA NA NA 595,012.0
1966 2,163,504.0 1,252,146.0 114,767.0 NA 365,560.0 NA 431,031.0
1967 2,323,795.0 1,301,242.0 111,309.0 NA 447,236.0 NA 464,008.0
1968 2,349,817.0 1,398,305.0 96,148.0 NA 440,895.0 NA 414,469.0
1969 2,361,399.0 1,474,681.0 54,516.0 NA 436,270.0 NA 395,932.0
1970 2,187,579.0 1,446,618.0 44,778.0 NA 429,408.0 NA 266,775.0
1971 2,343,129.0 1,551,391.0 29,942.0 28,729.0 421,029.0 99,669.0 212,369.0
1972 2,599,111.0 1,853,085.0 36,917.0 26,341.0 387,888.0 83,288.0 211,592.0
1973 2,464,362.0 1,870,690.0 43,338.0 13,372.0 287,210.0 38,964.0 210,788.0
1974 2,736,984.0 2,085,204.0 29,009.0 3,506.0 326,600.0 86,974.0 205,691.0
1975 2,805,877.0 2,246,182.0 44,787.0 5,026.0 201,273.0 46,353.0 262,256.0
1976 2,959,656.0 2,430,970.0 23,899.0 3,210.0 174,871.0 74,483.0 252,223.0
1977 3,351,337.0 2,803,017.0 36,471.0 3,282.0 184,671.0 75,928.0 247,968.0
1978 3,962,500.0 3,388,438.0 34,328.0 4,906.0 205,925.0 74,398.0 254,505.0
1979 4,473,529.0 3,874,384.0 32,068.0 6,743.0 204,866.0 92,483.0 262,985.0
1980 4,790,972.0 4,160,543.0 37,780.0 3,776.0 210,121.0 91,541.0 287,211.0
1981 5,062,856.0 4,410,931.0 27,694.0 4,563.0 205,448.0 92,721.0 321,499.0
1982 5,179,610.0 4,554,475.0 31,200.0 829.0 176,582.0 80,137.0 336,387.0
1983 5,680,699.0 5,024,398.0 37,547.0 2,522.0 189,616.0 94,847.0 331,769.0
1984 6,308,000.0 5,448,821.0 49,764.0 1,889.0 194,881.0 112,588.0 500,057.0
1985 7,257,717.0 6,246,036.0 113,932.0 4,947.0 253,082.0 119,171.0 520,549.0
1986 7,431,569.0 6,457,440.0 105,827.0 4,990.0 246,196.0 111,130.0 505,986.0
1987 8,568,215.0 7,241,932.0 229,875.0 13,722.0 290,942.0 236,933.0 554,811.0
1988 9,138,149.0 7,721,109.0 202,907.0 13,345.0 309,348.0 171,826.0 719,614.0
1989 10,080,452.0 8,528,387.0 237,010.0 16,911.0 340,458.0 197,745.0 759,941.0
1990 10,470,772.0 9,016,628.0 141,651.0 19,241.0 393,820.0 143,917.0 755,515.0
1991 11,907,557.0 10,091,898.0 163,349.0 32,792.0 469,297.0 192,823.0 957,398.0
1992 12,838,075.0 10,926,788.0 209,173.0 38,983.0 511,125.0 160,166.0 991,840.0
1993 12,833,509.0 11,023,816.0 259,421.0 33,247.0 526,331.0 66,827.0 923,867.0
1994 13,870,383.0 11,901,111.0 216,789.0 48,734.0 633,228.0 136,555.0 933,966.0
1995 14,461,268.0 12,181,077.0 341,343.0 51,581.0 674,464.0 263,992.0 948,811.0
1996 14,451,563.0 12,347,226.0 248,349.0 49,023.0 636,293.0 219,008.0 951,664.0
1997 15,104,055.0 13,027,223.0 276,231.0 29,889.0 676,610.0 170,843.0 923,259.0
1998 16,100,741.0 13,883,661.0 156,649.0 22,771.0 757,312.0 237,908.0 1,042,440.0
1999 17,971,160.0 15,498,864.0 156,925.0 46,992.0 843,736.0 314,652.0 1,109,991.0
2000 19,793,168.0 17,226,204.0 219,160.0 59,702.0 782,841.0 314,184.0 1,191,077.0
2001 22,389,548.0 19,320,113.0 367,005.0 67,426.0 842,530.0 331,904.0 1,460,570.0
2002 24,302,452.0 21,080,581.0 247,062.0 109,693.0 936,862.0 431,861.0 1,496,393.0
2003 26,551,531.0 22,724,625.0 697,671.0 86,112.0 949,944.0 428,796.0 1,664,383.0
2004 27,228,470.0 23,725,008.0 359,856.0 82,800.0 1,046,837.0 421,318.0 1,592,651.0
2005 27,951,939.0 24,581,141.0 412,133.0 39,987.0 1,044,057.0 388,914.0 1,485,707.0
2006 28,173,781.0 24,861,334.0 300,171.0 16,460.0 1,035,538.0 323,060.0 1,637,218.0
2007 28,209,313.0 24,979,600.0 279,372.0 13,262.0 1,100,954.0 221,735.0 1,614,390.0
2008 28,400,851.0 25,432,802.0 274,824.0 3,694.0 916,357.0 299,684.0 1,473,490.0
2009a 35,548,317.7 31,775,729.1 790,695.5 4,557.6 966,792.2 243,150.9 1,767,392.4
2010a 35,397,924.8 30,638,987.5 1,661,906.9 5,737.1 1,135,207.6 355,376.0 1,600,709.8
2011 31,483,361.1 27,944,115.9 322,678.8 3,833.9 1,013,711.4 207,734.5 1,991,286.6
2012 30,882,182.7 27,387,162.7 424,198.4 3,866.4 912,993.7 141,106.0 2,012,855.5
2013 29,071,583.4 25,853,769.9 245,950.6 4,124.6 891,999.5 131,690.8 1,944,048.0
2014 30,762,640.4 27,333,334.3 335,218.7 11,102.5 1,336,395.1 136,859.1 1,609,730.8