In the fiscal year of 2019, total federal obligations for basic research amounted to 39.68 billion U.S. dollars. This is an increase from the fiscal year of 1991, when total federal obligations amounted to 12.17 billion U.S. dollars.
Federal obligations for basic research in the United States from FY 1991 to FY 2019
(in billion U.S. dollars)
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National Science Foundation. (January 31, 2020). Federal obligations for basic research in the United States from FY 1991 to FY 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/188964/united-states-federal-obligations-for-basic-scientific-research-since-1991/
National Science Foundation. "Federal obligations for basic research in the United States from FY 1991 to FY 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. January 31, 2020. Statista. Accessed November 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/188964/united-states-federal-obligations-for-basic-scientific-research-since-1991/
National Science Foundation. (2020). Federal obligations for basic research in the United States from FY 1991 to FY 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/188964/united-states-federal-obligations-for-basic-scientific-research-since-1991/
National Science Foundation. "Federal Obligations for Basic Research in The United States from Fy 1991 to Fy 2019 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Jan 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/188964/united-states-federal-obligations-for-basic-scientific-research-since-1991/
National Science Foundation, Federal obligations for basic research in the United States from FY 1991 to FY 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/188964/united-states-federal-obligations-for-basic-scientific-research-since-1991/ (last visited November 24, 2024)
Federal obligations for basic research in the United States from FY 1991 to FY 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], National Science Foundation, January 31, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/188964/united-states-federal-obligations-for-basic-scientific-research-since-1991/
