Useful Stats: Industry-financed R&D at Colleges and Universities, FY 2005

Every year, the National Science Foundation releases its Academic R&D Expenditures report, filled with statistics related to the characteristics of R&D at U.S. colleges and universities. Using these reports, SSTI has prepared two tables detailing the funds provided by industry in fiscal year 2005 for the 100 institutions with the highest amount of industry-financed R&D.



The first table displays FY 2005 data by the amount of R&D funding from industry and by total R&D expenditures for the institutions, with rankings for each measure. Topping the list for the amount of its industry-financed R&D was Duke University with $135 million. This was followed by all campuses of Pennsylvania State University and Ohio State University at $88 million and $81 million, respectively. MIT and the University of Maryland Baltimore rounded out the top five.



When considering total 2005 R&D funding, Johns Hopkins University had the top spot at $1.44 billion. All campuses of the University of Michigan followed at $809 million, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison ranked third at $798 million. The University of California-Los Angeles and the University of California-San Francisco completed the top five.



The second table ranks the top 100 institutions according to their industrial R&D as a percent of their total R&D in FY 2005. The New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology led all institutions with 27.9 percent of its R&D funded by industrial sources. Duke University, New York Medical College, the University of Maryland Baltimore, and the University of Central Florida rounded out the top five in this measure.



To see where each of the top 100 universities and colleges ranks, visit SSTI's tables at http://www.ssti.org/Digest/Tables/080807t.htm (ranked by amount of R&D financed by industry) and http://www.ssti.org/Digest/Tables/080807t2.htm (ranked by percent of industry's share of total R&D).



Academic Research and Development Expenditures Report: Fiscal Year 2005 is available at:

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf07318/