Useful Stats: R&D Expenditures at Universities and Colleges, 2004-09

Featured in the July 20, 2011 SSTI Weekly Digest

Source: NSF, available here and the U.S. Census Annual Population Estimate

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Federally-Sourced R&D Expenditures at Universities and Colleges, 2004-09

Funding data in thousands, except where noted.

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Total I Federal Government I State and Local Governments I Industry I Institution

StateFed Funding 20092009 Rank% of funding from fed govtrank % from fed govt2009 Fed Funding per
capita (not in thousands)
Rank in Fed Funding
Per Capita
United States32,587,529 59.3% 106.15 
Alabama481,6742063.2%17102.2925
Alaska113,3224185.5%1162.245
Arizona435,8202349.9%4166.0840
Arkansas110,3944346.1%4438.2151
California4,227,091157.1%29114.3620
Colorado789,4521374.6%4157.117
Connecticut506,8091967.3%12144.0512
Delaware95,4224471.3%8107.8122
District of Columbia267,8093182.2%2446.601
Florida900,5111154.1%3448.5846
Georgia858,6551254.8%3287.3632
Hawaii211,2563570.3%9163.114
Idaho64,2564853.2%3541.5749
Illinois1,233,180858.4%2595.5227
Indiana434,8262443.3%4867.7039
Iowa351,5402662.5%18116.8717
Kansas199,3753645.2%4670.7336
Kentucky231,8783342.9%4953.7544
Louisiana307,3472745.8%4568.4238
Maine63,7964949.7%4248.3947
Maryland2,243,925374.3%5393.712
Massachusetts1,803,520673.2%6273.533
Michigan971,8541055.8%3097.4826
Minnesota397,3742552.4%3775.4635
Mississippi258,6943262.1%2187.6331
Missouri628,7981762.3%19105.0224
Montana113,1014262.3%20116.0018
Nebraska160,7983740.9%5089.5029
Nevada124,5234068.4%1147.1148
New Hampshire213,6073471.6%7161.266
New Jersey478,8492152.4%3854.9942
New Mexico284,7333065.4%16141.6813
New York2,492,430259.0%23127.5515
North Carolina1,234,651757.1%28131.6114
North Dakota93,6674650.4%39144.8110
Ohio1,088,542957.4%2794.3128
Oklahoma145,5063943.3%4739.4650
Oregon442,6492269.5%10115.7119
Pennsylvania1,832,083567.3%13145.359
Rhode Island152,0673861.7%22144.3811
South Carolina293,6562948.0%4364.3841
South Dakota55,8425054.6%3368.7437
Tennessee558,4141867.0%1588.6930
Texas2,009,402450.4%4081.0833
Utah293,7222858.7%24105.4823
Vermont94,7524575.8%3152.398
Virginia628,9081657.8%2679.7834
Washington727,2121467.1%14109.1221
West Virginia91,6024752.5%3650.3445
Wisconsin662,6001555.0%31117.1816
Wyoming29,4795138.0%5154.1643