Useful Stats: Federal Funds for R&D Spending by State, FY10

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has conducted a Survey of Federal Funds for Research and Development for fiscal years 2010-12. In total, federal R&D obligations were $144.7 billion in FY10. The top state recipients, in absolute terms, are California ($28.3 billion, representing 19.6% of the national total), Maryland ($17.0 billion, 11.8%), Virginia ($9.3 billion, 6.4%), Massachusetts ($8.9 billion, 6.1%), and Texas ($7.3 billion, 5.0%). The states and territories receiving the least are Delaware, North Dakota, Puerto Rico, South Dakota, and finally Wyoming.

SSTI has prepared a table of federal R&D obligations by state for FY10, as well as federal R&D obligations as a percentage of states' gross state product.

As in FY09, California's R&D obligations are largely attributable to the Department of Defense, which spent $16.7 billion in total development, with more than $1 billion in research.

In terms of R&D obligations as a percentage of gross state product, Maryland is at the top, with 5.75 percent. New Mexico, Washington, DC, Massachusetts, and Virginia follow.

Also similar to FY09, Maryland's largest source of R&D obligation was from the Department of Health and Human Services, with more than $8 billion. The largest sources for the other top states were: New Mexico (Energy $1.9 billion), Massachusetts (Defense - $4.3 billion, and Health and Human Services - $3.1 billion), and Virginia (Defense - $6.8 billion).

Eleven agencies are represented in this survey the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Energy, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Interior, and Transportation, the EPA, NASA, and NSF. These 11 agencies accounted for more than 98 percent of federal R&D and R&D plant obligations for FY10.

Download the NSF data at: http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf13326/content.cfm?pub_id=4243&id=2