R & D Spending at Federally Funded R & D Centers Increases for Fourth Consecutive Year in FY 2017

The nation ' s 42 federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs) spent over $20 billion on R&D in FY 2017, an annual increase of more than 4% in current dollars and 2.4% in constant 2009 dollars. Since FY 2007, total R&D spending at FFRDCs has increased at an average annual rate of 2.2% in constant dollars. These data come from the FY 2017 FFRDC Research and Development Survey, conducted by the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics within the National Science Foundation.

Source: NSF - Statistics on U.S. Science and Engineering Resources - March 7, 2019 Category: Statistics Source Type: news