The Midwest has long been a major player in the nation's strong R&D capabilities. Many MRUN institutions number among the nations' leaders in R&D spending as well as in the metrics of technology transfer. Collectively, the universties and institutions within the eight state MRUN region account for $8.87 billion or 18.6% of total US institutional R&D expenditures in FY2006 of $47.6 billion.  65% ($5.6 billion/8.87 billion) of the R&D expenditure of MRUN institutions was in life science related fields.

Relative to nation-wide totals for all universities, hospitals and research institutes, MRUN institutions collectively account for:

• 16% of total US patents filed (1,915 of total US 11,622)
• 16% of total US patents issued (529 of total US 3,255)
•  24% of total US options and licenses executed (1,193 of total US 4,963)
•  22% of total US license revenue recived ($272 Mil of total US $1,249 Mil)
• 13% of total startup companies licensed (101 of total US 764)
• 20% of total Invention disclosures for the years 2004 through 2006 (10588 of total US 53067)
• 20% of total Invention disclosures for the years 2006 (3833 of total US 18874)

[Source:  AUTM Licensing Survey FY2006]

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