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ACADEMIC R&D EXPENDITURES 60 ACADEMIC R&D EXPENDITURES PER INVESTIGATOR: EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES Estimated expenditures for academic R&D equipment per investigator more than doubled during the 1960s, accounting for inflation, from $5,500 (1988 dollars) in 1958 to $13,500 in 1966, falling to $6,400 by 1974, then rising rapidly to nearly $13,000 by 1988. Similarly, estimated expenditures for academic R&D facilities per investigator doubled during the 1960s, from $11,600 in 1958 to $21,400 in 1968, then plummeted to $7,600 in 1974, rising rapidly again during the 1980s to $17,600 by 1988. Figure 2-41: Academic Expenditures for R&D Equipment per FTE Investigator Figure 2-42: Academic Expenditures for R&D Facilities per FTE Investigator NOTE: Financial data are expressed in 1988 constant dollars to reflect real long-term growth trends. DEFINITION OF TERMS: R&D Equipment expenditures include (1) reported expenditures of separately budgeted current-funds for the purchase of research equipment, and (2) estimated capital expenditures for fixed or built-in research equipment. R&D Facilities expenditures include estimated capital expenditures for research facilities. Facilities expenditures are estimated shares of reported expenditures for academic science and engineering facilities; based on undergraduate and graduate enrollment data, as well as faculty positions assigned to research and teaching. FTE (full-time equivalent) investigators include scientists and engineers conducting funded (separately budgeted) academic R&D; the full-time equivalent is an estimate derived from the fraction of faculty time spent in those research activities, non-faculty scientists and engineers employed to conduct research in campus facilities (except FFRDCs), and post-doctoral researchers working in academic institutions. SOURCE: National Science Foundation, Division of Policy Research and Analysis. Database: CASPAR. Some of the data within this database are estimates, incorporated where there are discontinuities within data series or gaps in data collection. Primary data source: National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Studies, Survey of Scientific and Engineering Expenditures at Universities and Colleges, Survey of Scientific and Engineering Personnel Employed at Universities and Colleges.
