CSTC - The Future of Science and Technology in the Gulf States

The Future of Science and Technology in the States

TABLE 2. FEDERAL R&D IN THE GULF STATES BY AGENCY

Fiscal Year 1997 (obligations in millions of dollars)

	DOD	NASA	HHS	USDA	DOE	NSF	Other	TOTAL

Alabama (9)	1,295	736	150	20	35	10	10	2,257
Louisiana (36)	31	41	65	34	10	18	31	230
Mississippi (28)	121	113	15	56	1	6	17	329

Gulf States Total	1,447	889	230	111	46	34	57	2,815
(U.S. Total)	34,753	9,602	13,003	1,569	6,330	2,442	2,693	70,392
Gulf States Shareof Total Agency R&D	4.2%	9.3%	1.8%	7.1%	0.7%	1.4%	2.1%	4.0%

Source: National Science Foundation, Federal Funds for Research and Development Fiscal Years 1997, 1998, and 1999, 1999. Includes conduct of R&D and R&D facilities 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 percent of total federally funded R&D.