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Federally funded R&D expenditures, by federal agency: 2024–15
(Dollars in thousands)
Source of funds 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Federal Agencies   .   678,062   618,771   572,975   531,654   502,300   469,525   446,609   432,413   393,186
  DOD   .   51,407   50,435   45,744   43,595   43,448   42,721   37,140   38,566   35,124
  DOE   .   33,607   30,065   28,064   22,672   21,580   20,189   21,968   21,294   21,359
  HHS   .   521,988   467,367   432,853   402,269   374,302   344,380   324,778   305,371   280,136
  NASA   .   4,253   3,872   3,213   3,457   3,961   5,555   3,625   3,440   1,818
  NSF   .   56,367   57,278   53,359   49,659   48,728   42,916   45,192   48,927   45,979
  USDA   .   318   411   307   448   137   233   35   37   8
  Other   .   10,122   9,343   9,435   9,554   10,144   13,531   13,871   14,778   8,762

NOTES:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey

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