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News Release 17-028

Federally funded R&D center funding rebounded in FY 2015

Increase came after four years of declines

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A researcher performs calibrations on the Sandia Lightning Simulator.

A researcher performs calibrations on the Sandia Lightning Simulator, which allows test objects to be subjected to severe levels of simulated lightning currents.

Credit: Sandia Labs


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Research category breakdown of federally funded R&D centers. Click for detail.

Federally funded research and development centers invested $18.5 billion in R&D in fiscal year 2015. This graph breaks that funding down by broad categories of research.

Credit: NSF


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