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Estimates of Research and Development Expenditures in the Higher Education Sector, 2006/2007
August 2008 edition
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Estimates of Research and Development Expenditures in the Higher Education Sector, 2006/2007
- Spending on research and development in the higher education sector amounted to $9.6 billion (current dollars) in the fiscal year 2006/2007, up 1.1% from 2005/2006 (table 1-1).
- The higher education sector includes affiliated research hospitals, experimental stations and clinics. Social sciences and humanities accounted for 20% of the total, health sciences 39%, and other natural sciences the remaining 41% (table 1-2).
- Higher education institutions themselves were the largest contributors, spending $4.4 billion, 46% of the total. The second largest contributor was the federal government, funding $2.5 billion, or 26% (table 1-3).
