Federal Funds for Research and Development: Fiscal Years 1973-2003. Federal Obligations for Research by Agencies and Detailed Field of Science and Engineering. Detailed Statistical Tables

摘要

Data in these tables were derived from the National Science Foundation's (NSF's) annual surveys of Federal Funds for Research and Development and cover fiscal years 1970-2003. They reflect research funding levels as reported by Federal agencies in the survey series. All agencies that were identified as conducting R&D programs were surveyed. Research totals in these tables are given in obligations. The research obligation data are further categorized according to character of work (basic research and applied research) and field of science or engineering. The amounts reported for each year are expressed in obligations incurred or expected to be incurred in that year regardless of when the funds may have been authorized, appropriated, or received by an agency and regardless of whether the funds are identified in an agency's budget specifically for research. Data for 1970 through 2001 are actual, representing completed transactions. Data for 2002 and 2003 are estimated because they do not represent final actions. The latest Survey of Federal Funds for Research and Development data used in these tables were collected during the second quarter of fiscal year 2002. The amounts reported for 2002 reflect congressional appropriation actions as of that period, as well as apportionment and reprogramming decisions as of that time. Data for 2003 represent administration budget proposals that had not been acted on. Authorization, appropriation, deferral, and apportionment actions that were completed after these data were collected will be reflected in later surveys of this series.