Economic Impact of Health Research
Investment: Funding sources for overall research and development (2004)
| Source of R&D Funding | Investment | State Rank |
| Federal Government | $103,100,000 | 49 |
| Industry | $1,048,100,000 | 25 |
| Universities | $23,400,000 | 47 |
| Non-profit | $3,700,000 | 42 |
| Other * | $3,500,000 | 49 |
| Total | $1,181,900,000 | 34 |
* Other represents funding from state and local governments and funding for Federally Funded Research and Development Centers from non-federal sources.
Source: National Science Foundation, National Patterns of R&D Resources , 2006
Economic Impact: Statistics for research-driven health
industries (2004)
| Industry | Employment | Annual Salary |
| Pharmaceutical | 620 | $64,724 |
| Medical Device | 2,925 | $74,503 |
| Research, Testing, and Laboratories | 2,405 | $85,719 |
| Overall Private Sector | $42,351 |
Source: Battelle Memorial Institute and Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), Growing the Nation's Biotech Sector: State Bioscience Inititives 2006
Highlights from local economic impact studies
The University of Delaware has a total economic impact
of $735 million on the state and supports more than 8,100 Delaware
jobs.
Every dollar that Delaware
State University received from the state in FY 2005 generated more than $5 in the Delaware economy. DSU had a total economic impact of $207 million and created 3,500 jobs in the state.
The state of Delaware invested
in the $22.5 million, 72,000-squarefoot Delaware
Biotechnology Institute at UD and the 26,000 squarefoot Fraunhofer Center for Molecular Biology.