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Figure 1A: Gross expenditures on R&D (GERD) and R&D intensity: 2019 or most recent data year, top 17 countries

Figure 1B: Gross domestic expenditures on R&D, by selected country: 1990-2019

Figure 6: Direct funding of business R&D and Tax Incentives for R&D, United States: 2000-2018

Table 1: PROJECT SELECTION MODELS

Seven Recent Developments in US Science Funding

Over the past century, scientific research and development (R&D) has fueled US economic and military might and propelled the country’s status as a global superpower. These investments have helped to launch not only the technologies that define modern life, including the internet, mobile and personal computing, and artificial intelligence, but also the healthcare advances that ...

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Figure 5: Federal R&D funding by agency: 2022 ($MILLIONS)

Figure 4: R&D performance, by type of funding and sector: 2019

Figure 3: R&D funding, by type of funding and sector: 2019

Figure 2: US R&D expenditures, by funding source: 1990 – 2020

Figure 1A: Gross expenditures on R&D (GERD) and R&D intensity: 2019 or most recent data year, top 17 countries

Figure 1B: Gross domestic expenditures on R&D, by selected country: 1990-2019

Figure 6: Direct funding of business R&D and Tax Incentives for R&D, United States: 2000-2018

Table 1: PROJECT SELECTION MODELS

Seven Recent Developments in US Science Funding