The Future of Science and Technology in the States
TABLE 2. FEDERAL R&D IN ARIZONA BY AGENCY AND PERFORMER FISCAL YEAR 1995
( in millions of dollars obligations)
DOD NSF HHS NASA USDA Interior Other Facils.** TOTAL

Performers *:
Federal Labs 135 0 16 6 14 8 0 178
Industry 497 1 1 24 0 0 5 528
Universities/Colleges 25 31 60 39 6 1 9 170
FFRDCs 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 29
Other 0 0 6 1 0 0 2 9
Facilities * 0 42 0 0 0 0 0 43
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Agency Total 657 103 84 70 21 9 15 958
(U.S. Total) 34,322 2,434 11,668 9,567 1,518 567 9,386 69,462
Arizona Share of U.S. 1.9% 4.2% 0.7% 0.7% 1.4% 1.6% 0.2% 1.4%

Source: National Science Foundation, Federal Funds for Research and Development Fiscal Years 1995, 1996, and 1997, 1997. Agency totals are for conduct of R&D and R&D facilities support. 
Arizona and U.S. total figures are based on obligations of the 10 largest federal R&D funding agencies,(above six plus DOE, EPA, DOT, and Commerce) which account for over 98 percent of all federally funded R&D. 
* - R&D facilities listed separately. Performer totals are for conduct of R&D only. 

 

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