TABLE 8.  R&D EXPENDITURES AT PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES, BY SOURCE OF
  FUNDS AND SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FIELD: FISCAL YEARS 1986-93 [DOLLARS IN
                                  THOUSANDS]

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        SOURCE AND FIELD        |   1993   |   1992   |   1991   |   1990   |   1989   |   1988   |   1987   |   1986
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                                |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
    TOTAL.......................| 6,542,940| 6,247,185| 5,838,579| 5,522,816| 5,164,022| 4,691,911| 4,251,171| 3,816,207
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  SOURCE OF FUNDS:              |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
                                |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT............| 4,783,840| 4,489,279| 4,178,817| 4,011,463| 3,794,041| 3,478,343| 3,162,042| 2,870,588
  STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS...|   142,610|   137,867|   142,506|   133,383|   123,241|   110,696|    96,937|    83,576
  INDUSTRY......................|   477,250|   447,722|   415,325|   394,153|   361,920|   325,783|   295,800|   259,746
  INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS...........|   576,886|   620,676|   577,343|   498,086|   451,548|   400,409|   365,944|   318,818
  ALL OTHER SOURCES.............|   562,354|   551,641|   524,588|   485,731|   433,272|   376,680|   330,448|   283,479
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  FIELD:                        |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
                                |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
  ENGINEERING, TOTAL............| 1,038,384| 1,025,297|   943,232|   894,640|   842,091|   760,922|   723,932|   635,637
                                |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
     AERONAUTICAL AND           |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
      ASTRONAUTICAL.............|    81,330|    76,786|    71,387|    68,552|    66,454|    56,007|    55,343|    49,947
     CHEMICAL...................|    89,747|    87,742|    89,631|    75,095|    73,032|    60,214|    56,373|    48,739
     CIVIL......................|    67,002|    65,342|    58,123|    55,245|    52,454|    53,525|    46,183|    40,454
     ELECTRICAL.................|   278,162|   277,382|   261,472|   259,943|   236,411|   210,198|   200,038|   176,746
     MECHANICAL.................|   191,103|   175,754|   156,552|   146,557|   136,084|   119,387|   117,747|    99,280
     METALLURGICAL AND          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
      MATERIALS 1/..............|    77,003|    81,426|    75,251|    73,767|        --|        --|        --|        --
     OTHER, N.E.C. .............|   254,037|   260,865|   230,816|   215,481|   277,564|   261,591|   248,248|   220,471
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  ALL SCIENCES, TOTAL...........| 5,504,556| 5,221,888| 4,895,347| 4,628,176| 4,321,931| 3,930,989| 3,527,239| 3,180,570
                                |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
     PHYSICAL SCIENCES..........|   746,132|   762,087|   719,485|   682,531|   631,336|   616,784|   560,897|   532,596
        ASTRONOMY...............|    77,282|    78,471|    66,855|    56,453|    41,260|    38,403|    32,254|    32,235
        CHEMISTRY...............|   236,941|   230,321|   223,816|   231,644|   216,831|   202,716|   182,936|   172,046
        PHYSICS.................|   355,954|   352,558|   342,444|   332,077|   320,992|   314,880|   293,193|   281,014
        OTHER, N.E.C. ..........|    75,955|   100,737|    86,370|    62,357|    52,253|    60,785|    52,514|    47,301
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     ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES.....|   284,456|   274,816|   267,730|   256,118|   263,422|   225,299|   202,781|   192,107
        ATMOSPHERIC.............|    34,861|    32,818|    30,591|    30,679|    33,724|    26,808|    19,858|    19,827
        EARTH SCIENCES..........|   101,161|   103,157|    99,639|    94,338|    91,409|    81,992|    76,346|    72,140
        OCEANOGRAPHY............|    85,022|    82,340|    81,689|    76,895|    85,923|    71,132|    66,265|    66,924
        OTHER, N.E.C. ..........|    63,412|    56,501|    55,811|    54,206|    52,366|    45,367|    40,312|    33,216
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     MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES......|   114,488|   102,048|    94,919|    92,962|    94,091|    90,088|    77,169|    68,672
                                |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
     COMPUTER SCIENCES..........|   304,672|   271,434|   261,298|   264,898|   263,588|   237,779|   205,342|   182,011
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     LIFE SCIENCES..............| 3,607,592| 3,412,869| 3,199,779| 2,999,223| 2,749,895| 2,488,780| 2,238,118| 1,982,515
        AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES...|    47,454|    45,338|    50,375|    48,126|    48,308|    43,709|    40,461|    38,609
        BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES.....| 1,275,744| 1,227,703| 1,122,389| 1,078,074|   996,307|   915,740|   812,800|   716,906
        MEDICAL SCIENCES........| 2,106,308| 1,977,924| 1,880,186| 1,735,827| 1,588,858| 1,420,462| 1,292,595| 1,142,280
        OTHER, N.E.C. ..........|   178,086|   161,904|   146,829|   137,196|   116,422|   108,869|    92,262|    84,720
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     PSYCHOLOGY.................|   106,471|   101,368|    87,255|    82,957|    76,929|    72,383|    63,738|    56,334
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     SOCIAL SCIENCES............|   232,226|   219,649|   184,251|   177,773|   177,362|   148,726|   138,504|   122,458
        ECONOMICS...............|    44,072|    46,950|    47,951|    50,438|    49,942|    43,381|    35,127|    28,817
        POLITICAL SCIENCE.......|    62,709|    61,339|    44,803|    39,400|    42,031|    34,192|    30,882|    22,810
        SOCIOLOGY...............|    48,560|    46,832|    43,867|    38,107|    39,634|    36,556|    36,392|    34,723
        OTHER, N.E.C. ..........|    76,885|    64,528|    47,630|    49,828|    45,755|    34,597|    36,103|    36,108
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     OTHER SCIENCES, N.E.C. ....|   108,519|    77,617|    80,630|    71,714|    65,308|    51,150|    40,690|    43,877
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1/  DATA FOR METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS ENGINEERING WERE NOT COLLECTED
    SEPARATELY PRIOR TO FISCAL YEAR 1990.
KEY:      N.E.C. = NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED
SOURCE:   NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION/SRS, SURVEY OF SCIENTIFIC AND
    ENGINEERING EXPENDITURES AT UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES