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Historical Funding of Research by Sponsor
Expressed in thousands of dollars


Fiscal Year
Federal (Prime and Once-Removed) 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
 




National Institutes of Health  $149,123   $174,305  $182,210   $199,681  $218,137 
Other DHHS 20,309  11,703  10,223  12,705  14,308 
Department of Defense 10,522  11,074  12,616  14,436  15,962 
Agency for International Development 28,351  33,255  25,502  18,660  15,650 
National Science Foundation 24,777  23,880  24,176  23,904  25,587 
NASA 7,841  7,903  8,421  9,524  10,246 
Department of Energy 7,948  7,477  8,267  8,178  8,649 
Department of Education 2,085  3,066  4,093  5,246  6,045 
Environmental Protection Agency 2,942  3,365  2,839  3,218  4,446 
Department of Justice 2,707  3,125  2,483  2,666  3,187 
National Endowment for the Humanities 2,359  1,982  1,077  1,264  1,212 
Other (1) 4,291  3,547  6,689  5,609  5,130 
Federal Total $263,255  $284,682  $288,597  $305,092  $328,560 
           
Fiscal Year
Non-Federal 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000





Foundations $40,742  $40,779  $41,517  $50,196  $56,950 
State, Local & Foreign Government 15,796  14,475  15,244  11,815  14,015 
Corporations 14,789  12,122  12,014  15,026  15,471 
Research Institutes 4,674  4,692  4,907  5,692  4,426 
Hospitals & Other Universities 1,889  1,794  2,595  1,888  1,579 
Other Sources 5,678  8,168  9,574  12,141  9,779 
Non-Federal Total $83,567  $82,028  $85,850  $96,758  $102,220 
           
Grand Total $346,822  $366,710  $374,447  $401,850  $430,780 

Growth in Sponsored Projects
Expressed in millions of dollars
 
Fiscal Year  Expenditures 
 Actual $
 % Change     Expressed 
 as FY00 $ 
 % Change 
in FY00 $




1996 $346.8  - $380.0  -
1997 366.7 5.7%  390.7 2.8%
1998 374.4 2.1%  391.9 0.3%
1999 401.8 7.3%  413.4 5.5%
2000 $430.8  7.2%  $430.8  4.2% 

 
 
(1) Other includes National Institute of Standards and Technology, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Information Agency, and 21 other Federal Agenices. (Back to data)
SOURCE: OFFICE OF SPONSORED RESEARCH - FINANCIAL SERVICES
Updated 4/24/01
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