State Government R & D Expenditures Increased 3 % in FY 2018 ; Energy-Related R & D Up 29 %

State government agency expenditures for research and development totaled $ 2.5 billion in FY 2018, an increase of 3 % from FY 2017. Health-related R&D expenditures continue to constitute the largest share ( 44 % ) of all state government agencies ' R&D, with $ 1.1 billion in expenditures. Energy-related R&D expenditures increased 29 % between FY 2017 and FY 2018, reaching $ 397 million. This InfoBrief presents summary statistics from the FY 2018 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