In the fiscal year of 2019, total federal obligations for applied research amounted to 43.76 billion U.S. dollars. This is an increase from the fiscal year of 1991, when total federal obligations were 11.8 billion U.S. dollars.
Federal obligations for applied scientific 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 applied scientific research in the United States from FY 1991 to FY 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 26, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/188966/united-states-federal-obligations-for-applied-scientific-research-since-1991/
National Science Foundation. "Federal obligations for applied scientific research in the United States from FY 1991 to FY 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. January 31, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/188966/united-states-federal-obligations-for-applied-scientific-research-since-1991/
National Science Foundation. (2020). Federal obligations for applied scientific research in the United States from FY 1991 to FY 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/188966/united-states-federal-obligations-for-applied-scientific-research-since-1991/
National Science Foundation. "Federal Obligations for Applied Scientific 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/188966/united-states-federal-obligations-for-applied-scientific-research-since-1991/
National Science Foundation, Federal obligations for applied scientific research in the United States from FY 1991 to FY 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/188966/united-states-federal-obligations-for-applied-scientific-research-since-1991/ (last visited December 26, 2024)
Federal obligations for applied scientific 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/188966/united-states-federal-obligations-for-applied-scientific-research-since-1991/