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Penn State Ranks Sixth among Land Grants in R&D Funds
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State University ranks sixth among land grant universities and 12th among all public universities in the amount of federal funds awarded to support research and development, a recent report from the Rand Corp. reveals."Between fiscal year 1996 and fiscal year 2002, the period the report examines, total federal R&D funds going to Penn State increased by 70%," notes Robert Killoren, associate vice president for research and director of the Office of Sponsored Programs.In individual federal agency obligations, Penn State ranks ninth in National Science Foundation funding; second in Department of Defense funding; eighth in National Aeronautics and Space Administration funding, 16th in Department of Energy funding; and fourth in U.S. Department of Agriculture funding.The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has moved up from fifth nationally in 1996 to third in 2002 because of the strength of the state's three largest research universities, Killoren says. Penn State ($263 million), University of Pennsylvania ($458 million) and University of Pittsburgh ($337 million) account for $1.06 billion in federal R&D funding coming into the state, or 82% of Pennsylvania's $1.3 billion total.According to the report, federal R&D funds help universities advance general knowledge, support a range of federal missions, train future scientists and engineers and enhance economic growth in the communities in which they operate."