Table 1. Sources of Funds and
Performers of R&D in the Midwest (1993)
(expenditures in millions of dollars)

Midwest
$ mil.		 Illinois
$ mil.		 Indiana
$ mil.		 Iowa
$ mil.		 Mich.
$ mil.		 Minn.
$ mil.		 Ohio
$ mil.		 Wisc.
$ mil.		 Midwest
% of U.S.		 U.S.
$ mil.
Total R&D by Source of Funds:
Federal Gov't
5,801
1,438
368
234
684
685
2,038
354
9.3%
62,374
Industry
25,072
5,051
2,080
532
9,818
2,102
4,162
1,327
25.9%
96,895
State / Local Gov't
309
46
21
38
40
50
46
68
19.8%
1,559
Univs / Colleges
694
170
66
81
172
65
86
54
19.5%
3,552
Other
302
64
26
17
64
21
62
48
20.6%
1,469
Total R&D
32,178
6,769
2,561
902
10,778
2,923
6,394
1,851
19.4%
165,849

Total R&D by Performer:
Federal Gov't
947
83
77
30
96
40
583
38
5.7%
16,556
Industry
26,821
5,242
2,177
533
9,924
2,458
5,144
1,343
22.7%
118,334
Univs / Colleges
3,419
749
304
299
700
333
590
444
17.2%
19,911
FFRDCs*
686
649
0
37
0
0
0
0
12.9%
5,298
Nonprofits**
305
46
3
3
58
92
77
26
5.3%
5,750
Total R&D
32,178
6,769
2,561
902
10,778
2,923
6,394
1,851
19.4%
165,849

Source: National Science Foundation, National Patterns of R&D Resources, 1995 Data Update.

*-Includes FFRDCs operated by colleges and universities only. Industrially-operated FFRDCs are included under industry.
**-Includes nonprofit-operated FFRDCs.


Table 2. Federal R&D in the Midwest by Performer
Fiscal Year 1994
(in millions of dollars obligations)

Industry Gov't
Labs		 Univs./
Colleges		 FFRDCs Other TOTAL

Ohio (14) 775 666 336 0 82 1,859
Illinois (16) 85 90 429 634 49 1,288
Michigan (20) 228 100 396 0 51 775
Minnesota (24) 184 41 173 0 79 477
Indiana (26) 123 96 180 0 9 408
Wisconsin (27) 37 44 259 0 20 359
Iowa (33) 19
 44
 135
 31
 5
 234

Total 1,451 1,081 1,907 665 294 5,399

(U.S. Total) 31,143 15,892 11,883 6,067 3,011 67,995
Midwest Share
of U.S.		 4.7% 6.8% 16.1% 11.0% 9.8% 7.9%

Source: National Science Foundation, Federal Funds for Research and Development Fiscal Years 1994, 1995, and 1996, 1996. Includes conduct of R&D and R&D facilties support.
Numbers in parentheses are rankings among the 50 states and the District of Columbia of states receiving the most federal R&D obligations.
Above figures are based on obligations of the 10 largest federal R&D funding agencies which account for over 98% of total federally funded R&D.

Table 3. Federal R&D in the Midwest by Agency
Fiscal Year 1994
(obligations in millions of dollars)

DOD HHS DOE NASA NSF USDA Other TOTAL

Ohio (14) 894 260 26 556 37 17 68 1,859
Illinois (16) 162 257 665 13 125 48 18 1,288
Michigan (20) 340 259 15 23 71 23 45 775
Minnesota (24) 185 188 7 4 32 25 36 477
Indiana (26) 222 88 18 11 47 16 6 408
Wisconsin(27) 40 152 22 37 43 41 23 359
Iowa(33) 33
 85
 35
 6
 15
 46
 14
 234

Midwest Total 1,875 1,289 788 651 369 217 210 5,399

(U.S. Total) 34,676 11,090 6,950 8,774 2,207 1,521 2,777 67,995
Midwest Share
of Total Agency R&D		 5.4% 11.6% 11.3% 7.4% 16.7% 14.3% 7.6% 7.9%

Source: National Science Foundation, Federal Funds for Research and Development Fiscal Years 1994, 1995, and 1996, 1996.
Numbers in parentheses are rankings among the 50 states and the District of Columbia of states receiving the most federal R&D obligations. Includes conduct of R&D and R&D facilities.
Above figures are based on obligations of the 10 largest federal R&D funding agencies (above six plus DOT, EPA, Interior, Commerce) which account for over 98% of total federally funded R&D.

Table 4. Federal R&D Support for Midwest Universities & Colleges
by Agency and Recipient, Fiscal Year 1994
(obligations in millions of dollars)

TOTAL HHS NSF DOD NASA DOE USDA Other

Midwest Univs. & Colleges 1,952 1,074 361 197 71 93 87 68

U of Michigan (5) 242 158 32 23 10 7 1 11
U of Wisc. Madison (8) 211 110 36 20 12 18 12 3
U of Minnesota (16) 182 123 27 8 2 6 9 6
U of IL Urbana-Cham. (25) 121 23 60 13 3 11 9 1
U of Chicago (29) 104 69 23 3 4 4 0 0
Northwestern (30) 101 58 21 10 2 4 1 5
Case Western (31) 99 84 4 5 6 0 0 0
U of Iowa (34) 95 77 8 2 5 1 0 2
Ohio State (36) 93 46 16 6 5 5 8 8
Indiana (41) 86 60 19 2 1 3 0 1
Purdue (43) 78 21 21 8 3 9 11 5
Michigan State (51) 69 23 24 3 0 4 14 1
U of IL Chicago (60) 61 47 8 3 0 1 0 1
All Other 410 174 62 91 18 20 20 24

(U.S. Total) 11,983 6,419 1,793 1,601 654 606 509 401

Midwest % of U.S. 16.3% 16.7% 20.2% 12.3% 10.8% 15.4% 17.1% 17.0%

Source: National Science Foundation, Federal Support to Universities and Colleges, and Nonprofit Insitutions Fiscal Year 1994, 1996. Figures may differ from other charts because of differing survey methods. Above totals include obligations for conduct of R&D and R&D facilities support. Figures in parentheses denote national rank among the 100 universities and colleges receiving the most federal R&D funds (rankings reflect conduct of R&D only).


Table 5. Total R&D Expenditures in Midwest Universities
by Source of Funds, fiscal Year 1994
(expenditures in millions of dollars)

TOTAL Federal State/
Local		 Industry Institut.
Funds		 All Other Federal/
Total R&D

Midwest Universities 3,592 1,997 316 233 744 300 55.6%

U of Michigan 431 265 6 27 97 37 61.5%
U of Wisc. Madison 393 225 61 14 52 41 57.4%
U of Minnesota 318 181 46 24 47 21 57.0%
U of IL Urbana-Cham. 245 139 28 14 55 9 56.5%
Ohio State 231 113 31 15 35 37 49.1%
Northwestern 179 84 3 9 66 17 46.6%
Purdue 173 82 17 22 52 0 47.6%
Michigan State 163 74 26 6 44 14 45.2%
U of Iowa 157 100 4 10 33 10 63.4%
Iowa State 156 56 43 8 44 5 36.2%
Indiana University 137 82 2 6 30 18 59.8%
Case Western 133 97 4 6 12 14 59.8%
U of Chicago 122 103 0 1 6 11 84.1%
All Other 754 397 46 72 172 66 52.7%

(U.S. Total) 20,624 12,386 1,525 1,407 3,744 1,563 60.1%

Midwest % of U.S. 17.4% 16.1% 20.7% 16.6% 19.9% 19.2%

Source: National Science Foundation, Survey of Scientific and Engineering Expenditures at Universities and Colleges, Fiscal Year 1994, 1996. Figures may differ from other charts because of differing survey methods. Above totals are expressed in EXPENDITURES rather than obligations, and may therefore differ from other charts. This survey covers doctorate- granting institutions only.

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