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Biotechnology scientific activities in federal government departments and agencies, 2005/2006

1. The federal government spent $861 million on biotechnology scientific activities in fiscal year 2005/2006, the higher education sector received $469 million or 54% (table 1-1 ).
2. This federal spending was up 7.1% from $804 million in the previous year. Spending on biotechnology represented 9% of all federal spending on science and technology (S&T) (table 3 ).
3. The majority (96%) of federal biotechnology spending was concentrated on research and development (table 1-1 ).
4. The federal government departments and agencies performed almost one-third (32%) of the biotechnology S&T activities, the rest was performed outside the federal government. The higher education sector received $469 million or over half (54%) of the total (table 1-1 ).
5. There was a total of 1,854 full-time equivalent (FTE) personnel dedicated to biotechnology S&T activities in the federal government in 2005/2006. This is an increase of 3.5% from the previous year’s total of 1,792 (table 5-1 ).