Useful Stats: Ten institutions captured one-fifth of federal higher-ed S&E obligations in 2024
Federal higher-ed S&E support dips in FY24, but remains near all-time high
Useful Stats: 40+ year trends in postgraduate science, engineering, and health
The number of graduate students in science, engineering, and health has grown from approximately 328,000 to 760,000 from 1975 to 2021, a 132% increase, according to the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering (GSS).
Useful Stats: Federal S&E funding to higher ed by city, institution, and type of activity in 2019
Understanding how federal funding for the science and engineering (S&E) activities of the nation’s institutions of higher education (IHEs) is distributed locally within states can help innovation leaders develop programs and policies tailored more carefully to the varying conditions of regional innovation economies.