Table 2.
Federal Funding of R&D in California | ||||||||||
Year | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 |
R&D obligations (millions of dollars) | 14,884 | 11,280 | 12,704 | 12,658 | 13,731 | 12,222 | 15,600 | 14,083 | 12,651 | 15,686 |
Industry R&D (millions of dollars) | 26,541 | 28,541 | 28,710 | 28,710 | 34,011 | 35,568 | 39,047 | 45,769 | 41,745 | 39,664 |
Academic R&D (millions of dollars) | 2,380 | 2,484 | 2,594 | 2,791 | 2,979 | 3,302 | 3,573 | 4,053 | 4,422 | 4,882 |
life sciences (percent) | 58.00% | 58.00% | 57.00% | 56.00% | 56.00% | 57.00% | 56.00% | 58.00% | 58.00% | 58.17% |
engineering (percent) | 13.00% | 13.00% | 13.00% | 14.00% | 15.00% | 15.00% | 15.00% | 15.00% | 13.00% | 13.08% |
physical sciences (percent) | 13.00% | 12.00% | 12.00% | 13.00% | 13.00% | 12.00% | 12.00% | 12.00% | 11.00% | 10.63% |
Number of SBIR awards* | 850 | 1,012 | 968 | 971 | 1,046 | 937 | 992 | 953 | 1,036 | 1,236 |
Utility patents issued to state residents | 8,958 | 9,263 | 10,473 | 11,290 | 15,793 | 16,774 | 17,492 | ND | 18,598 | 18,829 |
Department of Defense (millions of dollars) | 9,525 | 6,598 | 7,272 | 7,798 | 8,171 | 6,437 | 9,252 | 7,717 | 5,822 | 7,915 |
*In addition to SBIR and STTR awards, California firms received 184 ATP awards from 1990–2004