R&D funding
Innovation budget allocation
R&D funding is money allocated to research and development—the systematic work organizations undertake to discover new knowledge or create new products, processes, and services.
Companies, universities, and governments all pursue R&D funding, whether through internal budgets, grants, or venture capital: The startup secured R&D funding to develop its prototype.
Federal R&D funding for basic science has declined.
- scientistsSystematic knowledge seekers
- government grantsState-allocated financial assistance
- grantsAwarded funds for purposes
- federal budgetGovernment's yearly financial plan
- seed moneyInitial business financing
basic research · applied research · proof of concept · patents · venture capital · universities · engineers · prototypes · cutting edge · tax incentives · grant proposals · product innovation · economic growth · publications · technological breakthroughs · subsidies · research institutes · lab equipment
- researchstudy, research papers, archive, peer review, investigating
- tech industrysoftware, computers, semiconductors, hardware, Amazon
- defense researchDARPA, defense research, weapons labs, military research, weapons testing
- investmentsbonds, stocks, securities, investment, equities
- subsidiesfarm subsidies, subsidy, agricultural subsidies, crop subsidies, energy subsidies
R&D fundingoperating costs
Regular expenses for functioning
overhead · administrative expenses · OPEX · production costs · fixed costs
R&D fundingdividend payments
Profits distributed to shareholders
shareholder dividends · cost-cutting · austerity measures · debt repayment · divestment
R&D, funding, fund, funds, funded, funder, funders, developing, searching