Moved to LearnFrancesco FiondellaThe number of foreign students enrolled in EU colleges and universities in 1999In OverdriveAverage annual real growth of seed and start-up venture capital investment, 1995 to 2001

In the pipelineNumber of drugs in development by New York companiesEmploymentNumber of biotechnology employees in New York††Includes only those companies still in existence or operating in the state in 2002Facts and figures• New York is home to 101 biotechnology companies, more than half of which focus on the development of new therapeutic products and related drug-delivery technologies• For every public biotech company in New York state, there are about three private one

Facts and figures• Employment: Compounded annual growth rate was 1.0% between 1990 and 2000-below the national average of 2.0%• Patents: 11.2 per 10,000 workers in 2000-above the national average of 7.5-but growth rate in the 1990s was 2.5% compared to 4.1% for the nation• Venture capital: Funding in 2002 was $106 per worker, slightly lower than the national average of $125• Fast-growth firms: NJ averaged 3.9% of all Inc500 fastest-growing firms between 1993–2002, c

Power fiveFrancesco FiondellaThe five biggest institutes command more than half of the NIH's total funding:Next in rankThe next largest agencies still boast billion-dollar budgets:On the tail endThe remaining divisions of the NIH account for about a fifth of its total budget. A snapshot of some:Sources: Labor-HHS bill (HR 2660); NIH Office of Budget- Francesco Fiondella

UNITED STATESCompiled by Francesco FiondellaThe National Institutes of Health is the biggest funder of cancer research in the US. Figures include grants, contracts and intramural research.UNITED KINGDOMThe National Cancer Research Institute tracks funding given out by the UK's major cancer centers. Below, research spending in 2002.††Projects ongoing on April 2002 (most recent data available). Figures exclude overhead, marketing, etc.NOTE: Fiscal years used throughout. Figures for Bri

Patent PowerhousesCompiled by Francesco FiondellaInstitutions that received the most license income in fiscal-year 2002Banking on InventionInstitutions which got back the highest percentage of their research spending as license income in fiscal-year 2002. Pies are proportional to the institution's research expenditures.Science by the People, for the PeopleResearch expenditures for US universities, hospitals, and institutes equaled $37 billion in fiscal year 2002; most of the money came from fede