National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics | NSF 26-309 Table 26. Federal funding for R&D plus capital R&D, by GBARD socioeconomic objectives: FYs 2000–26 (Millions of dollars) Fiscal year 2000 67,764 4,917 72,681 868 537 8,437 1,710 1,031 530 18,766 2,155 NA NA NA 0 5,593 32,261 2001 73,789 4,749 78,538 896 574 8,951 1,708 1,320 468 21,741 2,452 NA NA NA 0 6,353 33,235 2002 83,232 5,433 88,665 997 592 9,227 1,939 1,332 549 24,754 2,494 NA NA NA 0 6,605 39,339 2003 93,246 5,521 98,767 989 567 9,677 1,917 1,403 463 27,335 2,303 NA NA NA 0 6,129 46,949 2004 101,843 4,403 106,246 1,027 662 9,746 1,948 1,370 479 29,346 2,466 NA NA NA 0 7,352 50,320 2005 106,674 4,658 111,332 1,053 641 9,656 1,918 1,324 468 29,871 2,646 NA NA NA 0 7,477 54,714 2006 110,047 4,395 114,442 1,045 622 10,401 1,787 1,244 459 29,702 2,670 NA NA NA 0 7,539 57,160 2007 113,888 3,803 117,691 965 738 10,988 1,436 1,922 487 31,080 2,325 449 19 769 0 8,712 57,802 2008 112,432 4,278 116,710 1,300 548 10,672 1,475 2,076 518 31,054 2,332 428 19 756 0 9,007 56,493 2009 128,316 8,283 136,599 1,677 565 9,060 1,536 3,794 963 43,926 2,629 464 25 754 0 14,128 57,046 2010 117,016 2,366 119,382 867 599 8,232 1,640 2,570 1,105 34,206 2,628 491 34 468 0 10,776 55,765 2011 111,464 1,922 113,386 1,315 584 8,658 1,518 2,265 532 33,536 2,211 546 27 585 0 10,581 51,027 2012 114,509 2,287 116,796 1,325 569 10,801 1,591 2,231 557 33,924 2,386 565 26 562 0 10,536 51,662 2013 107,992 1,616 109,608 1,282 540 10,476 1,439 2,289 596 32,454 2,160 486 25 1,283 0 9,620 46,894 2014 109,890 2,612 112,502 1,403 545 11,228 1,364 2,407 655 33,451 2,442 469 27 1,867 0 10,524 46,109 2015 112,766 2,454 115,220 1,444 528 10,928 1,479 3,173 669 33,443 2,540 525 27 1,436 0 11,088 47,927 2016 123,514 2,579 126,093 1,565 520 12,811 1,451 3,492 762 35,891 2,738 505 27 1,219 0 11,328 53,782 2017 124,709 2,597 127,306 1,653 505 10,187 1,586 3,544 750 37,862 2,668 505 27 1,289 0 11,289 55,441 2018 140,700 3,759 144,459 1,688 537 10,552 1,861 4,233 973 40,660 2,698 614 26 564 0 12,559 67,494 2019 145,615 4,356 149,971 1,799 521 10,133 1,895 4,473 763 42,568 3,086 587 27 593 0 13,165 70,361 2020 163,875 6,026 169,901 1,778 556 14,206 1,926 4,539 821 48,055 3,061 581 28 596 0 13,659 80,095 2021 157,611 4,274 161,885 2,519 574 11,566 1,911 4,529 952 44,941 3,222 588 28 521 0 14,150 76,384 2022 180,196 6,680 186,876 2,026 573 14,553 2,496 7,114 5,761 49,486 3,905 719 28 484 0 16,390 83,342 2023 193,078 5,863 198,941 2,375 624 10,920 2,038 6,460 3,000 50,453 3,442 581 28 559 0 15,701 102,760 2024 182,441 7,888 199,342 2,080 550 10,215 2,525 6,140 2,300 49,032 3,221 819 5 669 0 15,659 106,127 2025 preliminaryb 175,451 6,562 188,596 2,056 549 10,647 2,501 6,004 1,963 48,452 3,240 790 5 642 0 14,626 97,121 2026 proposed 136,900 16,611 153,666 788 378 6,822 2,066 1,964 2,140 31,908 2,521 398 1 746 0 10,147 93,787 Note: R&D funds Note: Capital R&D funds Total for all socioeconomic categories
- Exploration and exploitation of the earth
- Environment
- Exploration and exploitation of space
- Transport, telecommunication, and other infrastructures
- Energy
- Industrial production and technology
- Health
- Agriculture
- Education
- Culture, recreation, religion, and mass media
- Political and social systems, structures, and processes
- General advancement of knowledge: R&D financed from GUFa
- General advancement of knowledge: R&D financed from sources other than GUF
- Defense
National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics | NSF 26-309 NA = not available. GBARD = government budget allocations for R&D; GUF = general university funds. a Unlike many other countries, the United States does not support R&D by higher education institutions through large block grants to cover administrative, teaching, and research costs. Accordingly, the data entries for the United States in this column are always zero. b The preliminary data available from the agencies for FY 2025 at the time of this report reflect mainly the annualized continuing resolution funding levels that existed through early March 2025, which were later extended by a continuing resolution to the end of FY 2025. Note(s): Detail may not add to total because of rounding. The data in this table reflect an estimated adjustment to the previously published 2000–16 time series totals (in tables 23 and 24) applying the narrowed definition of development described by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in its Circular A-11 of July 2016. The 14 socioeconomic objectives categories listed are those identified by the European Union in the 2007 edition of its Nomenclature for the Analysis and Comparison of Scientific Programmes and Budgets (NABS). The NABS categories are the basis of the GBARD indicators that the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development reports for member countries and selected others in its twice-yearly Main Science and Technology Indicators reports. U.S. data for objectives 9, 10, and 11 are not reported for 2000–06 because the NABS category revisions of 2007 and equivalent data for these earlier years were not available. The lack of availability of details for these objectives is the main reason that the sum of the reported details for 2000–06 do not add to the "R&D plus capital R&D" totals. Source(s): National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, reclassification (2022) according to NABS category definitions of R&D funding from agencies' submissions to OMB per MAX Schedule C, agencies' budget justification documents, and supplemental data obtained from agencies' budget offices.