SSTI Digest

Each year, the National Science Foundation releases updated information for their Federal Funds for Research and Development series. SSTI has prepared a table illustrating the amount of federal R&D obligations provided to industry in each state from 2000 to 2004, the most recent years for which statistics are available. Additionally, the relative ranking of each state is displayed for every year in this period.

 

For the entire U.S., federal R&D obligations to industry were $27.6 billion in 2000 before steadily increasing to $39.1 billion in 2004. This represents a 41.6 percent increase over the five-year period. In 2004, the states receiving the most federal R&D funding for industry were California ($7.87 billion), Texas ($3.30 billion), Virginia ($3.25 billion), Maryland ($2.38 billion) and Missouri ($2.37 billion). In 2004, 13 states had amounts higher than $1 billion, whereas 10 states received less than $50 million.

 

Tom Ballard was named director of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Partnerships Directorate, formerly known as Technology Transfer and Economic Development. Ballard had been serving as the organization's interim director since August 2007.



The Howard County Economic Development Authority appointed Larry Collins as a new technology manager and as executive director of the new Howard Technology Council.



The Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest hired Diane Durance as its new executive director, succeeding Art DeMonte, now a full-time business consultant. Durance formerly was president of the Ann Arbor IT Zone.



William "Chip" Farmer was named interim director of the Greater Richmond Technology Council. Farmer replaces Robert Stolle, who left in December 2007 to join Core Consulting, a business and information technology consulting firm.

Tom Ballard was named director of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Partnerships Directorate, formerly known as Technology Transfer and Economic Development. Ballard had been serving as the organization's interim director since August 2007.