Useful Stats: 2001 Academic R&D Expenditures from Industry Sources

Alaska, with 25.7 percent of its academic R&D expenditures coming from industrial sources, ranks first in the U.S. in the amount of industry-funded R&D at its academic institutions, according to new data released by the National Science Foundation (NSF). An NSF report, Survey of Research and Development Expenditures at Universities and Colleges, FY 2001, shows $28.4 million of Alaska's $110.2 million in academic R&D expenditures in 2001 were industry-supplied.

The U.S. as a whole saw more than $32.2 billion go toward R&D activities in its research institutions, with almost $2.2 billion coming from industry, according to the report. Nineteen states ranked above the U.S. average of 6.82 percent.

North Carolina finished runner-up to Alaska at 15 percent while Massachusetts, Georgia and Pennsylvania rounded out the top five, percentage-wise.

SSTI has prepared a state-by-state table that depicts the share of total academic R&D expenditures stemming from industry sources. The table is available at: http://www.ssti.org/Digest/Tables/082203t.htm

Survey of Research and Development Expenditures at Universities and Colleges FY 2001 can be downloaded at: http://www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?nsf03316