1986年,美国在研究与开发方面的投资为1186亿美元,比1985年增加9％(实际增加5％)。预计联邦政府和工业部门在研究与开发经费中将出现最大幅度的绝对增长;大学和学院在这两年间增长的百分比也将达到顶点。仅6年内,对在美国国内进行的研究与开发的拨款就翻了一番多,从1976年的390亿美 In 1986, U.S. investment in research and development was 118.6 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 9% over 1985 (an actual 5% increase). It is expected that the federal government and the industrial sector will experience the largest absolute growth in research and development funding; the percentage growth of universities and colleges will also peak during these two years. In just six years, allocations for research and development in the United States more than doubled from 390 billion U.S. dollars in 1976