A Space Physics Paradox Why Has Increased Funding Been Accompanied by Decreased Effectiveness in the Conduct of Space Physics Research? (1994) / Chapter Skim
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3 Research Funding Trends
3 Research Funding Trends
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Figure 3.1 shows a history of federally funded research from 1960 through 1990. Associated with the advent of the space age, there is a large increase in federal research funding that peaks in 1965 and then gradually declines until 1975.
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. Source: National Science Foundation, Federal Funds for Research and Development, Detailed Historical Tables: Fiscal Years 1955-1990 (Washington, D.C., 1990)
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Figure 3.3 shows federally funded research by performer for the years since 1969. It can be seen that the university research community, the main beneficiary of the increase shown in Figure 3.1, has received an additional 2.5 billion constant-year dollars (an increase of over 70 percent)
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Key: FFRDCs include all Federally Funded Research and Development Centers that are not administered by the federal government. "Other" includes federal funds distributed to state and local governments and foreign performers.
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. 23 Related to the basic research funding issue is the question of how much of this funding actually leaves the funding agency and reaches the nonfederal research community, primarily universities and colleges (e.g., see Figure 3.3~.
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Although the sample is small and the growth experienced from university to university varied widely, it does appear that the average growth in NASA/OSSA funding in space physics fields at these seven universities has been consistent with the national trend in research funding. In summary, we conclude that research funding in the United States, both generally and in the field of space physics, has increased substantially over the past 10 to 15 years.
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