Higher Education R & D Spending: Spending and Funding Sources Differ by State

Universities and colleges play an important role in conducting R&D in the United States. Academic institutions spent $72 billion on R&D in 2016, an increase of 21% over the past decade, after adjusting for inflation. More than half of the funding was from the federal government (54%, or $39 billion). Academic R&D spending was concentrated in six states, with just under 45% of spending concentrated in California, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, and Texas. Data are from the Higher Education R&D Survey, from the National Center of Science and Engineering Statistics within the National Science Foundation.
Source: NSF - Statistics on U.S. Science and Engineering Resources - Category: Statistics Source Type: news