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Biotechnology scientific activities in federal governmentdepartments and agencies, 2008/2009

Data on science and technology (S&T) expenditures and full-time equivalent personnel allocated to biotechnology for fiscal year 2008/2009 were collected from 15 federal government departments and agencies.

The federal government biotechnology S&T data comprise expenditures on research and development (R&D) and related scientific activities (RSA) for both intramural (in-house) and extramural (business enterprises, higher education, etc.) perfomers and the full-time equivalent personnel associated with S&T activities.

The federal government's science and technology (S&T) expenditures on biotechnology in 2008/2009 reached $937 million, up 1.8% from 2007/2008 measured in current dollars (Table 1-1).

In 2008/2009, spending on biotechnology S&T represented 9% of total federal government S&T expenditures of $10.4 billion (Table 3).

The federal government allocated $271 million to in-house S&T activities in biotechnology, representing 29% of total federal government biotechnology S&T spending (Table 1-2).

Extramural performers received the remaining 71% ($665 million) of total federal government biotechnology S&T expenditures, and of that, the higher education sector continued to be the largest recipient with 59% ($550 million) of total funding (Table 1-2).

Research and development activities accounted for 95% ($891 million) of federal government biotechnology S&T spending. Of total federal government R&D expenditures, spending on biotechnology R&D represented 13% (Table 4).

In 2008/2009, 2,104 full-time equivalent (FTE) personnel were dedicated to biotechnology S&T activities, remaining relatively unchanged from the previous year (2,112 FTE). Of this total, 1,615 FTE (77%) were dedicated to research and development activities (Table 5-1).

The largest FTE personnel categorization was represented by technicians at 42% (887 FTE), followed by scientific and professional at 37% (774 FTE) and other personnel at 21% (443 FTE) (Table 5-2).