Useful Stats: 2004 Federal R&D Obligations Per Capita to Universities and Colleges

Elaborating on last week's "Useful Stats" article (see the March 26, 2007 issue of the Digest), SSTI has created a table of federal R&D obligations standardized by state population for each of the five years from 2000 to 2004 and ranked by five-year percent change.

 

The National Science Foundation data show that, in 2004, the District of Columbia led the nation in federal R&D obligations per capita at $324.72, followed by Maryland ($249.03), Massachusetts ($208.52), Hawaii ($134.50), Connecticut ($131.79) and Vermont ($131.62).

 

Nationally, federal R&D obligations increased by 32.39 percent over the five-year period, averaging $80 per person in 2004. Hawaii experienced the largest increase in per capita federal R&D obligations at 100.45 percent, with North Dakota (83.02 percent), Nebraska (81.62 percent), Tennessee (68.56 percent) and Kentucky (57.33 percent) rounding out the top five.

 

SSTI's table is available at: http://www.ssti.org/Digest/Tables/040207t.htm



Did you know?

One of the most used features of our website is an archive of past "Useful Stats" articles, available at www.ssti.org/Digest/Indices/usefulstats.htm. This section has direct links to the information and tables found in past SSTI Weekly Digest issues. 



The following is a sample of the more than 100 "Useful Stats" available:

• 2005 AUTM Survey Results, by State, 3/5/07
• SBIR Awards, Proposals by State, FY 2005, 2/26/07
• NIH Awards by State, FY 2001-05, 2/12/07
• 2005 Science & Engineering Doctorate Awards by State, 1/8/07
• Educational Attainment State Rankings, 2002-2005, 11/27/06
• Continuing Free Fall: Industry Share of Academic R&D by State, 2004, 9/4/06
• Industrial Support for Academic R&D by State, 2000-2004, 8/21/06
• Academic R&D Expenditures by State, 2000-2004, 8/14/06

In fact, all Digest issues are available in the Digest Overview section of our website at www.ssti.org/Digest/digest.htm.



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