14.3. TRENDS IN RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
The major goal of federally funded R&D is to fulfill the government's mission in areas such as defense, health and energy, social welfare, as well as economic growth. In 1964 the federal government funded 67 percent of all U.S. R&D; in 2006 funding decreased to 28 percent or $94 billion of all U.S. R&D. This downward trend in the percentage of government funding of total R&D expenditures is reflected in many other major countries, including the European Union overall, as well as France and the U.K.; and Canada. In Japan and Germany the proportion of R&D funded by the government between 1990 and 2002 remained more stable (Science and Engineering Indicators, 2006). ...
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