Higher education research and development expenditures increased 4.7 percent from FY2016 to FY2017

Funding of higher education research and development (R&D) in the United States reached $75.3 billion in fiscal year (FY) 2017, an increase of 4.7 percent from FY2016. Federal funding of R&D increased in both current and constant dollars, the first such consecutive increase since the peak of expenditures from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 between FY2009 and FY2011. These data are from the Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey, conducted ... More at https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=297222&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click This is an NSF News item.
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