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News Release 13-196

NSF survey finds R&D expenditures in higher education relatively unchanged in fiscal year 2012

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University spending on research and development in all fields totaled $65.8 billion in fiscal year 2012. When adjusted for inflation, this represents the first dollar decline since fiscal year 1974.

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