Useful Stats: 14 Years of Federal Support for Academic R&D by State, 1993-2006

Federal funding for R&D in academic science and engineering fields totaled more than $30 billion in fiscal year 2006, yet it was not enough to outpace inflation, according to data collected by the National Science Foundation (NSF). After adjusting for inflation, the 2.9 percent increase in federally funded academic R&D expenditures in FY 2006 from FY 2005 was actually a 0.1 percent decline.



For the third year in a row, the top 11 states receiving federal support for R&D conducted by their academic institutions remained unchanged, the NSF data show. They include California, New York, Maryland, Texas, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Illinois, North Carolina, Ohio, Michigan and Florida, respectively.



SSTI has prepared a table showing federally financed academic R&D totals for all 50 states and the District of Columbia for the years 1993-2006. Percentage-wise, Maine led all states with a 547.4 percent increase over the 14-year period. Montana and Hawaii also had increases of greater than 400 percent. The U.S. as a whole went from $11.8 billion in FY 1993 to $30 billion in FY 2006, a 155.6 percent increase.



To see how your state fared, visit SSTI's table at http://www.ssti.org/Digest/Tables/121207t.htm. Additional detailed statistical tables from NSF's annual Survey of Research and Development Expenditures at Universities and Colleges are available at: http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf08300/