TABLE 37.  FEDERAL OBLIGATIONS FOR APPLIED 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 ...........................|  3,143,030|  3,360,759|  3,349,423|  3,787,559|  4,141,281|  4,851,878|  5,255,475|  5,908,154 
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INTRAMURAL 1/......................|  1,322,489|  1,387,469|  1,480,388|  1,574,289|  1,730,268|  2,093,149|  2,043,582|  2,191,504 
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INDUSTRIAL FIRMS EXCL FFRDCS ......|    722,386|    755,158|    711,187|    750,653|    891,740|    971,877|  1,159,126|  1,403,691 
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FFRDCS ADMIN BY INDUST FIRMS ......|     46,448|     43,127|     29,328|     66,664|     87,844|    116,698|    139,104|    169,757 
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UNIV & COL EXCLUDING FFRDCS .......|    550,815|    621,418|    642,866|    813,519|    818,157|    907,997|  1,028,440|  1,168,805 
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FFRDCS ADMINISTERED BY UNIV .......|    131,217|    143,956|    126,182|    150,868|    167,964|    263,394|    346,185|    358,078 
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NONPROFIT INST EXCLUDING FFRDCS ...|    196,864|    245,542|    217,683|    287,096|    266,442|    308,940|    349,633|    398,085 
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FFRDCS ADMIN BY NONPROFIT INST ....|     49,845|     52,639|     46,796|     44,553|     50,992|     49,606|     49,907|     61,157 
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STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS .......|     79,232|     78,156|     68,095|     74,212|     97,898|    106,457|     99,574|    111,777 
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FOREIGN ...........................|     43,734|     33,294|     26,898|     25,705|     29,976|     33,760|     39,924|     45,300 
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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