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

The Future of Science and Technology in the States

TABLE 5. TOTAL FEDERAL SUPPORT FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (S&E) TO UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES BY RECIPIENT AND TYPE OF ACTIVITY

Fiscal Year 1997 (obligations in millions of dollars)

	TOTAL	R&D	R&D plant	Facils. instruction	Fellowships & Training	Gen. Sprt. for S&E	Other S&E

Gulf States	493	409	9	0	20	9	46

U AL Birmingham	158	151	1	0	5	0	1
LA State U*	82	67	1	0	2	1	10
Tulane U	44	44	0	0	0	0	0
MS State U	39	26	0	0	0	1	12
Auburn U	34	19	4	0	1	0	10
U AL Huntsville	21	18	0	0	2	0	1
U of MS	17	13	1	0	0	0	2
Alabama A&M	12	10	0	0	0	0	1
U South AL	11	10	0	0	1	0	0
Tuskegee U	10	7	0	0	0	1	2
All Other	65	44	2	0	7	5	7

(U.S. Total)	15,081	13,003	276	30	677	171	925
Gulf States % of U.S.	3.3%	3.1%	3.4%	1.4%	2.9%	5.2%	5.0%

Source: National Science Foundation, Federal Support to Universities, Colleges, and Nonprofit Institutions Fiscal Year 1997, 1999. Figures may differ from other charts because of differing survey methods. R&D = conduct of R&D only. R&D plant listed separately.
*-all campuses