Historical Sponsored Funding of Research by Sponsor

Expressed in thousands of dollars

Federal (Prime and Once-Removed)  Fiscal Year
Federal 
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
National Institute of Health $138,594 $141,187 $145,187 $149,123 $174,305
Other DHHS 21,138 20,163 20,938 20,309 11,703
National Science Foundation 24,195 25,085 23,973 24,777 23,880
Department of Justice 1,215 824 5,158 2,707 3,125
Department of Education 3,302 3,085 3,121 2,085 3,066
National Endowment for the Humanities 1,922 2,012 2,366 2,359 1,982
Department of Energy 7,588 7,603 7,693 7,948 7,477
NASA 7,406 7,312 7,303 7,841 7,903
Environmental Protection Agency 2,289 2,533 3,499 2,942 3,365
Department of Defense 11,686 12,724 11,849 10,522 11,074
Agency for International Development 12,499 20,432 26,123 28,351 33,255
Other (1) 3,613 4,192 4,428 4,291 3,547
Federal Total $235,447 $247,151 $261,638 $263,255 $284,682
Non-Federal  Fiscal Year
Non-Federal 
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
Hospitals & Other Universities $2,110  $2,299  $2,345  $1,889  $1,794 
State, Local & Foreign Government 19,312  19,300  16,054  15,796  14,475 
Foundations 41,230  39,652  40,140  40,742  40,779 
Corporations 10,892  10,228  12,863  14,789  12,122 
Research Institutes 4,857  4,763  6,137  4,674  4,692 
Other Sources 6,025  5,393  4,767  5,678  8,168 
Non-Federal Total $84,427 $81,635 $82,306 $83,567 $82,028
Grand Total $319,874 $328,786 $343,944 $346,822 $366,710

Growth in Sponsored Projects

Expressed in millions of dollars

Fiscal Year Expenditures 
Actual $		 % Change Expressed 
as FY97 $		 % Change 
in FY97 $
1993 $319.9  -  $356.7  - 
1994 $328.8  2.8%  $357.3  0.2% 
1995 $343.9  4.6%  $363.3  1.7% 
1996 $346.8  0.8%  $356.7  (1.8%) 
1997 $366.7  5.7%  $366.7  2.8% 
(1) Other includes Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Bureau of the Census, Central Intelligence Agency, Department of Agriculture, Department of Commerce, Department of the Interior, Department of Labor, Department of State, Department of Transportation, Department of the Treasury, Institute for Museum Services, National Defense University, National Endowment for the Arts, National Library of Medicine, National Security Agency, Office of Personnel Management, U.S. Geological Survey and U.S. Institute of Peace. (Back to data)
SOURCE: OFFICE OF SPONSORED RESEARCH - FINANCIAL SERVICES