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In the USA, a lot of funding for R & D (e.g. engineering and science) comes from grants that are military grants (e.g. Army, Navy, Air Force, etc.). In the US,
by troymc 9y ago
In the USA, a lot of funding for R & D (e.g. engineering and science) comes from grants that are military grants (e.g. Army, Navy, Air Force, etc.). In the US, about half (54%) of federal funding (coming from the public Federal budget) is via "military" and the rest is from other federal agencies ("civilian").
Source: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/05/how-science-fares-us-budget-deal https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/05/how-science-fares-us...
Is that an American thing?
- troymc 9y agoNote: The above figures don't take classified funding into account. Because it's secret. Most of the classified funding is military, so the proportion of military funding is actually higher.
- semi-extrinsic 9y agoYes, I think you'd be hard pressed to find a European country where half the national research budget comes through military research.