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

The Future of Science and Technology in the States

TABLE 3. FEDERAL R&D SUPPORT FOR GULF STATES UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES

Fiscal Year 1997 (obligations in millions of dollars)

	TOTAL	HHS	DOD	USDA	NASA	DOE	Other

Gulf States Univs./ Colleges	418	206	42	42	40	37	51

U AL Birmingham (25)	152	122	5	0	10	11	4
LA State U (59)*	68	27	15	6	2	2	17
Tulane U (90)	44	27	4	0	0	9	2
MS State U (116)	26	1	2	11	1	5	7
Auburn U (126)	23	2	2	13	2	1	3
U AL Huntsville (136)	19	0	4	0	12	0	2
U of MS (152)	14	10	1	2	0	1	1
U of South AL (171)	10	9	0	0	0	0	1
Alabama A&M (174)	10	0	2	2	4	0	1
Tuskegee U (200)	7	2	1	2	2	0	1
All Other	46	7	6	5	7	8	14

(U.S. Total)	13,278	7,381	1,531	545	726	1,830	1,266
Gulf States % of U.S.	3.1%	2.8%	2.8%	7.7%	5.5%	2.0%	4.1%

Source: National Science Foundation, Federal Funds for Research and Development Fiscal Years 1997, 1998, and 1999, 1999. Figures may differ from other charts because of differing survey methods. Above totals include obligations for conduct R&D and R&D facilities support. Figures in parentheses indicate ranking among university and college recipients of federal R&D funds.
*-all campuses