Useful Stats II: Top 100 Cities for NIH R&D Support for FY 2000
The latest monthly update from http://www.econdata.net, an excellent portal for regional economic development related data on the web, included the following table prepared by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The table presents the top 100 cities based on the total value of NIH research and development grants, contracts and training awards made in FY 2000. The funding may have been provided to a number of different organizations, companies, academic institutions, government agencies, or individuals located within the cities.
Boston led the list with $1,078,198,949. New York City was a distant second at $865,191,623. Number 100, with more than $21 million in NIH research funding was Athens, Georgia. Cities in approximately 40 states made the list. The complete table is available at: http://silk.nih.gov/public/cbz2zoz.@www.cities.top100
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