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5 Trends in Nonfederal Support of Research
Pages 79-84

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From page 79...
... Data on philanthropic organizations' contributions to research are collected by the private nonprofit Foundation Center.2 The principal question we pose is whether spending by the nonfederal sector has amplified or offset changes in the research field allocation of national government expenditures. In particular, did trends in nonfederal support favor the life and especially biomedical sciences or did the physical sciences and engineering fields that lost ground in the federal portfolio changes benefit from nonfederal sources of support in this period?
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From page 80...
... Arlington, VA: National Science Foundation. TRENDS IN FEDERAL SUPPORT OF RESEARCH AND GRADUATE EDUCATION states were spending approximately $2.46 billion of state revenues each year on research and development (compared with the federal government's $70 billion)
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From page 81...
... , there was significant investment growth in some areas where federal support was falling e.g., electronic components/electrical engineering but this was highly skewed toward product and process development and away from fundamental research. Moreover, research spending in the semiconductor/electronic components sector is by no means certain to continue to increase in a far more uncertain economic environment than that of the latter part of the l990s.
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From page 82...
... SOURCE: National Science Foundation/Division of Science Resources Studies, Survey of Research and Development Expenditures at Universities and Colleges, Fiscal Year 1999.
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From page 83...
... 83 Biological sciences Engineering Medical sciences Physical sciences Environmental sciences Social sciences Math and computer science Psychology n.e.c. 27.2 12.7 12.2 7.6 7.5 6.5 3.9 1.8 20.6 TABLE 5-3 Foundation Grants for Research in Millions of Current Dollars Field 1994 1999 Medical $189.9 $381.4 General $105.9 $184.6 Physical Science $71.4 $73.2 Life Science $33.3 $91.8 Technology $36.8 $50.4 SOURCE: Foundation Center, Foundation Giving Trends, Washington, DC, 1999.
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From page 84...
... Medical sciences were cut, but less than average (Figure 4-~. Despite the strong downward pressure on DOD's research spending in the mid- ~ 990s, several fields received increased although not necessarily substantially increased DOD supportbiology, astronomy, oceanography, computer sciences, and aeronautical engineering.
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  • industrial research

  • foundation center
  • development expenditures
  • capital investment
  • slightly faster
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  • medical sciences
  • government expenditures
  • data series
  • spending trends
  • biomedical sciences

  • nonprofit foundation
  • faster rate
  • development spending
  • comprehensive source
  • hughes medical

  • primarily supported
  • nonfederal sector
  • field allocation
  • portfolio changes
  • research share

  • economic environment
  • private spending
  • closely parallel
  • billion florida
  • spending patterns


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