Useful Stats: Industrial Support for Academic R&D by State, 2000-2004

In 2004, U.S. industry-financed academic R&D totaled more than $2.1 billion -- a $54.9 million decrease from 2003, according to the National Science Foundations Survey of Research and Development Expenditures at Universities and Colleges, Fiscal Year 2004.

 

For the 2000-04 period, the U.S. as a whole experienced a decrease of 3.26 percent in academic R&D expenditures funded by industry sources -- 2004 was the third consecutive year that the U.S. total has slipped. It should be noted that during the 2000-04 period, academic R&D from all sources of funds saw an almost 43 percent increase (see SSTI's table from last week).



Despite the national decline in industry-funded academic R&D, 21 states showed an increase in industry-financed academic R&D expenditures, with South Dakota leading the nation at 103.05 percent. Five other states also experienced an increase of more than 50 percent -- Hawaii (90.30 percent), Maryland (86.92 percent), Rhode Island (56.64 percent), Colorado (51.55 percent) and South Carolina (50.96 percent).

 

SSTI has prepared a table ranking all 50 states and the District of Columbia by percent change of industry-financed academic R&D from 2000-2004. The table is available at: http://www.ssti.org/Digest/Tables/082106t.htm



The Survey of Research and Development Expenditures at Universities and Colleges, Fiscal Year 2004 is available at: http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf06323/tables.htm