TABLE 27.  FEDERAL OBLIGATIONS FOR BASIC RESEARCH, BY PERFORMER: FISCAL YEARS
                        1971-78 [DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS]

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             PERFORMER             |   1971    |   1972    |   1973    |   1974    |   1975    |   1976    |   1977    |   1978     
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  TOTAL ...........................|  1,980,141|  2,186,937|  2,232,006|  2,387,681|  2,588,427|  2,767,454|  3,258,640|  3,698,604 
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INTRAMURAL 1/......................|    565,441|    596,943|    608,085|    695,898|    733,512|    786,017|    914,084|  1,029,258 
                                   |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |            
INDUSTRIAL FIRMS EXCL FFRDCS ......|    166,602|    151,428|    176,124|    123,963|    118,506|    131,077|    208,130|    247,715 
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FFRDCS ADMIN BY INDUST FIRMS ......|     29,227|     32,188|     39,403|     31,545|     47,857|     59,811|     53,065|     65,416 
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UNIV & COL EXCLUDING FFRDCS .......|    879,356|  1,021,385|  1,048,189|  1,144,748|  1,260,609|  1,341,738|  1,555,067|  1,759,234 
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FFRDCS ADMINISTERED BY UNIV .......|    227,689|    254,485|    228,984|    223,098|    257,548|    284,884|    324,119|    356,772 
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NONPROFIT INST EXCLUDING FFRDCS ...|     85,150|     96,430|     98,497|    127,067|    128,234|    126,494|    162,530|    192,766 
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FFRDCS ADMIN BY NONPROFIT INST ....|      2,159|      7,235|      3,441|      6,210|     13,824|      7,892|      5,645|      5,769 
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STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS .......|     16,617|     15,615|     16,194|     16,812|     14,009|     12,914|     15,603|     17,050 
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FOREIGN ...........................|      7,900|     11,228|     13,089|     18,340|     14,328|     16,627|     20,397|     24,624 
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1/  INCLUDES COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ADMINISTRATION OF INTRAMURAL AND
    EXTRAMURAL PROGRAMS BY FEDERAL PERSONNEL AS WELL AS ACTUAL INTRAMURAL
    PERFORMANCE
KEY:      FFRDCS  = FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTERS
SOURCE:   NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION/SRS, SURVEY OF FEDERAL FUNDS FOR
    RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
DETAILED HISTORICAL TABLES: FISCAL YEARS 1956-1994