Science funding · Explorer · AAAS data
Seven decades of US research money, two ways to read it
How federal budgets moved over time, and how the dollars flow from funders to federal agencies. Every view has its own link: scrub, reframe, and share.
Science funding · Explorer · AAAS data
How federal budgets moved over time, and how the dollars flow from funders to federal agencies. Every view has its own link: scrub, reframe, and share.
Fig. 1 · Money flow
Where US research money comes from, and how the federal slice divides among agencies.
This view shows the money-flow lens for fiscal year 2023, within a scrubber window of 1953 to 2026, framed in constant 2017 dollars, adjusted for inflation.
In 2023, the federal government funded 18.3% of United States R&D and industry funded 75.5%. Of $158.9B in federal R&D that year, DOD held the largest share at 46.2%.
All figures come from the AAAS Historical R&D Data as of 2025-10-23.