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Table 3, Selected R&D Funding Agencies by Character of Work, Facilities, and Equipment,
FY2018 Actual and FY2020 Request
(budget authority, dollar amounts in millions)
Change, FY2018-FY2020
Character of Work/Agency
FY2018
Actual
FY2020
Request
Dollars Percent
Basic Research
Health and Human Services 18,278 16,785 -1, XXXXXXXXXX%
Energy 5,005 4, XXXXXXXXXX%
National Science Foundation 5,066 4, XXXXXXXXXX%
Applied Research
Health and Human Services 18,414 16,624 -1, XXXXXXXXXX%
Energy 7,998 6,410 -1, XXXXXXXXXX%
Defense 5,690 5, XXXXXXXXXX%
Experimental Development
Defense 44,363 51,686 7, XXXXXXXXXX%
NASA 5,872 3,791 -2, XXXXXXXXXX%
Energy 2,549 1, XXXXXXXXXX%
Facilities and Equipment
Energy 1,930 1, XXXXXXXXXX%
Commerce XXXXXXXXXX.6%
National Science Foundation XXXXXXXXXX%
Source: CRS analysis of data from EOP, OMB, Analytical Perspectives, Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2020, Research and
Development, March 18, 2019, pp XXXXXXXXXX, https:
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/ap_21_research-fy2020.pdf.
Note: This table shows only the top three funding agencies in each category, based on the FY2020 request.