The State of the Humanities: Higher Education 2015
Sources of Funding for Academic Research and Development in Selected Fields, Fiscal Year 2012
![Sources of Funding for Academic Research and Development in Selected Fields, Fiscal Year 2012 Sources of Funding for Academic Research and Development in Selected Fields, Fiscal Year 2012](/sites/default/files/styles/article_image_1x/public/media/images/HigherEd2015-18.png.webp?itok=f4Ynucbm)
In comparison to other fields, academic humanities research and development in 2012 was more likely to be funded either by educational institutions themselves or by not-for-profit entities. Academic institutions supplied 59% of the funding for humanities research, while the federal government provided 20%. In the education, engineering, and science fields, more than 55% of academic research funding came from the federal government.