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News Release 14-088

Extramural R&D funding by US-located businesses nears $30 billion in 2011

New report available from NSF's National Center of Science and Engineering Statistics

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graphics of domestic extramural R&D by selected industry: 1991 and 2011

In 2011, U.S.-located companies spent $25.3 billion for extramural research and development performed by domestic organizations. Pharmaceuticals manufacturing and transportation equipment manufacturing have accounted for the majority of these expenditures over the past two decades.

Credit: National Science Foundation


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