Table 1. Federal R&D in Florida by Agency and Performer
Fiscal Year 1995   
(in millions of dollars obligations)
DOD NASA HHS NSF USDA DOC ** Other TOTAL
Performers *:
Federal Labs 294 196 0 0 21 23 19 554
Industry 1,405 141 6 0 0 2 19 1,573
Universities/Colleges 45 18 116 51 12 4 17 263
Other 0 1 5 3 0 0 4 13
Facilities * 1 35 0 2 3 0 0 42
______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______
Agency Total 1,745 391 127 55 37 29 60 2,445
(U.S. Total) 34,322 9,567 11,668 2,434 1,518 1,212 8,741 69,462
Florida Share of U.S. 5.1% 4.1% 1.1% 2.3% 2.4% 2.4% 0.7% 3.5%

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.   
Florida 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 Interior) which account for over 98 percent of all federally funded R&D.   
Note: There are no federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs) in Florida.   
* - R&D facilities listed separately. Performer totals are for conduct of R&D only.   
** - Department of Commerce
Table 2. Federal R&D Support for Florida Universities & Colleges   
by Agency and Recipient
Fiscal Year 1995   
(in millions of dollars obligations)
TOTAL HHS NSF DOD NASA USDA Other
Florida Univs. & Colleges 260 115 54 35 18 12 26
U. of Florida (44) 84 41 12 9 6 10 6
U. of Miami (46) 81 57 10 7 3 0 3
Florida State U. (92) 38 4 21 1 2 0 10
U. South Florida (141) 15 7 3 1 2 0 3
U. Central Florida (156) 12 0 2 9 1 0 1
All Other 31 6 7 8 5 2 4
(U.S. Total) 12,404 6,524 1,949 1,615 712 508 1,096
Florida Share of U.S. 2.1% 1.8% 2.8% 2.2% 2.5% 2.4% 2.4%
Source: National Science Foundation, Federal Support to Universities and Colleges, and Nonprofit Insitutions Fiscal Year 1995, 1997. 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 indicate ranking among all university and college recipients of federal R&D.
Table 3. Total R&D Expenditures in Florida Universities by Source of Funds
Fiscal year 1995 (expenditures in millions of dollars)
TOTAL Federal State/ Local Industry Institut. Funds All Other Federal / Total R&D
Florida Univs. 559  317  41  36  135  29  56.7%
Univ. of Florida 154  79  11  11  47  6  51.5%
U. of Miami 129  97  2  12  6  12  75.4%
U. of South Florida 93  30  8  5  45  6  31.9%
Florida State U. 86  46  3  2  31  4  53.4%
U. of Central Florida 37  20  9  2  6  0  54.0%
Florida A&M 21  19  1  0  0  0  93.4%
All Other 39  26  7  5  1  1  65.0%
(U.S. Total) 21,606  13,042  1,611  1,463  3,920  1,570  60.4%
FL % of U.S. 2.6% 2.4% 2.6% 2.5% 3.4% 1.9% - - 
Source: National Science Foundation, Survey of Scientific and Engineering Expenditures at Universities and Colleges, Fiscal Year 1995, 1997. 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. 
Table 4. Degrees Awarded in Florida During 1995 
(% of National Total)
Discipline Bachelors Masters Doctoral
All Fields 44,712 (3.8%) 14,707 (3.7%) 1,629 (3.7%)
S & E Total 15,498 (3.2%) 4,346 (3.4%) 766 (2.7%)
Life Sciences 4,094 (2.8%) 1,188 (3.1%) 178 (2.3%)
Social Sciences 3,547 (3.1%) 659 (2.8%) 71 (1.9%)
Psychology 2,749 (3.8%) 539 (4.1%) 189 (5.0%)
Engineering 2,499 (3.9%) 1,210 (4.2%) 161 (2.6%)
Math / Computer Scis. 1,131 (2.9%) 404 (2.8%) 66 (3.2%)
Physical Sciences 385 (2.6%) 143 (3.4%) 85 (2.2%)
Geosciences 186 (4.2%) 75 (5.1%) 15 (2.4%)
Population 14,165,570 (5.4%)
Source: National Center for Education Statistics, United States Census Bureau, August 1997.