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FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT 55
Spending on R&D—with emphasis
on chemistry and chemical engineering—by the federal government
and its various agencies. Distribution of funds among development
and basic and applied research.
INDUSTRY 61
How much companies spend on
R&D, particularly within the chemical industry. Where industrial chemists work and how much they are
paid. Patent activity of U.S. chemical
firms.
UNIVERSITIES AND
COLLEGES 65
Sources of academic R&D funds.
Which schools spend the most for
chemistry and
chemical
engineering.
Spending on research
equipment. Numbers of
graduate students and
postdoctoral appointees.
INTERNATIONAL 73
U.S. R&D efforts—as
percentage of GDP and
as dollars spent—compared with those of Japan, Germany, France,
the U.K., Italy, and Canada. Origin of chemical literature and of U.S.
chemical and biotechnology patents.
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