Federal research and development investments in North Carolina in 2018, by sector
In North Carolina, approximately 284 million U.S. dollars of federal funding went to research and development (R&D) expenditures in the defense sector in 2018. In total, around 2.59 billion U.S. dollars went to R&D across all sectors in the state. The federally funded R&D expenditures account for operations, plant, and equipment.