Useful Stats: Federal Obligations for R&D to Industry by State FY01-07

The State of Washington led the country in 2007 in federal funding for industrial research and development (R&D), receiving $3.27 billion, according to the latest numbers from the National Science Foundation (NSF). While 42.3 percent of total federal R&D funding supported industrial R&D, 69.5 percent of federal funding in Washington went to private companies. Arizona, Maine, Connecticut, Nevada and Texas all received more than 65 percent of their federal R&D dollars in industrial support. Trends over the past five years indicate that industrial R&D is becoming a more important target for federal R&D investment. Read the full SSTI story …

Federal Obligations for R&D to Industry, FY 2001-2007

Sources: National Science Foundation, Federal Funds for R&D series (table 83)

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/fedfunds/

This table is available in Excel format at: http://www.ssti.org/Digest/Tables/052610.xls.

Note: Dollars are in thousands. U.S. total includes Puerto Rico and outlying areas.