A Science Foundation Report

Federal agencies having grants and contracts for scientific research and development at nonprofit institutions made available for such programs a total of $297 million in fiscal year 1951 and $341 million in fiscal year 1952, according to a preliminary analysis of information compiled by the National Science Foundation with the cooperation of all agencies engaged in research and development activities. Eighteen agencies reported research and development funds going to nonprofit institutions. Funds administered by the Department of Defense made up over fifty percent of the total in each year, compared with about thirty‐five percent for the Atomic Energy Commission, almost six percent for the Federal Security Agency, and slightly less than five percent for the Department of Agriculture. The remaining agencies accounted for less than three percent of the total.

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