State Agencies ’ R & D Increased 1 % in FY 2021 ; Five States Account for Nearly 60 % of All State Government R & D

State government agencies ’ expenditures for research and development increased by 1.1 % from FY 2020. When combined, the state governments of California, Florida, New York, Pennsylvania, and Texas account for nearly 60 % of all state government expenditures for R&D. Although state government expenditures for R&D are relatively small within the national portfolio of R&D performance, state agencies themselves performed $ 674 million in R&D while also financing $ 1.8 billion in extramural R&D in FY 2021 to businesses, higher education, nonprofit institutions, and others. Data are from the Survey of State Government Research and Development, sponsored by the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics within the National Science Foundation.
Source: NSF - Statistics on U.S. Science and Engineering Resources - Category: Statistics Source Type: news