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FFRDC Research and Development Survey
Fiscal Year 2018

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TableR&D expenditures
1by source of funds FYs 2001–18
2total and federally financed, by type of R&D: FYs 2001–18
by FFRDC
3by source of funds: FY 2018
4federally financed, by federal agency: FY 2018
5total and federally financed, by type of R&D: FY 2018
6total: FYs 2009–18
7total and federally financed: FYs 2015–18
November 2019

Data from FY 2018 survey cycle
(finalized 13 August 2019)

National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, FFRDC Research and Development Survey, Fiscal Year 2018. http://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/ffrdcrd/2018/.



   Technical Notes: PDF format. (215 KB)
These notes provide information necessary for a data user to appropriately interpret the data tables. This information includes the following:
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Technical notes are available here (PDF format, 215 KB).

November 2019

Data from FY 2018 survey cycle
(finalized 13 August 2019)


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