Useful Stats:2003 Industrial Support for Academic R&D, by State

Over the period 1998-2003, Oregon saw the largest percent change in its academic R&D expenditures funded by industry sources, according to the National Science Foundation's latest survey (see the above story). The northwest state, which had more than one-and-a-half times the amount of such expenditures funded by industry sources in 2003 as it had in 1998, was joined by only Maryland and South Carolina as states experiencing a greater than 100 percent increase over the period.

Twenty-eight other states showed increases, while the remaining states and the District of Columbia all reflected a decrease in the amount of their industry-financed academic R&D expenditures. For 2003, the U.S. as a whole had $2.16 billion in the measure. While that figure reflects a greater than 14 percent increase over its 1998 counterpart, it marks the second consecutive year that the U.S. total has slipped from the previous year.

SSTI has prepared a table characterizing the above data for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and outlying areas (i.e. Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands), which are grouped together. The table is available at: http://www.ssti.org/Digest/Tables/091205t.htm