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The Future of Science and Technology in the States

TABLE. FEDERAL R&D IN ALABAMA BY AGENCY AND PERFORMER

Fiscal Year 1997 (obligations in millions of dollars)

	DOD	NASA	HHS	DOE	USDA	NSF	Other	TOTAL
Performers:
Federal Labs	350	300	0	0	6	0	5	661
Industry	930	401	2	22	0	1	1	1,356
Universities/Colleges	14	33	134	13	14	9	2	220
FFRDCs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other	2	2	15	0	0	0	1	20

Agency Total	1,295	736	150	35	20	10	10	2,257
(U.S. Total)	34,753	9,602	13,003	6,330	1,569	2,442	2,693	70,392
AL Share of U.S.	3.7%	7.7%	1.2%	0.6%	1.3%	0.4%	0.4%	3.2%

Source: National Science Foundation, Federal Funds for Research and Development Fiscal Years 1997, 1998, and 1999, 1999. Agency totals are for conduct of R&D and R&D facilities support. Alabama and U.S. total figures are based on obligations of the 10 largest federal R&D funding agencies, (above six plus Commerce, EPA, Interior, and DOT) which account for over 98 percent of all federally funded R&D.