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News Release 14-113
Federal funding for basic research at universities and colleges essentially unchanged in FY 2012
Five U.S. departments and agencies provided most of the federal funding for basic research
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Universities and colleges received 51 percent of the total $31 billion in federal obligations for basic research in FY 2012.
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Life sciences received 57 percent of federal funding for basic research in FY 2012
Credit: NSF
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