In Kentucky, approximately *** million U.S. dollars of federal funding went to research and development (R&D) expenditures in 2018. Of that funding, about ** million U.S. dollars went to R&D for the defense sector. The federally funded R&D expenditures account for operations, plant, and equipment.
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Breakthrough Energy Coalition. (September 16, 2020). Federal research and development (R&D) investments in Kentucky in 2018, by sector (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 12, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1174937/kentucky-federal-research-development-investments-sector/
Breakthrough Energy Coalition. "Federal research and development (R&D) investments in Kentucky in 2018, by sector (in million U.S. dollars)." Chart. September 16, 2020. Statista. Accessed July 12, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1174937/kentucky-federal-research-development-investments-sector/
Breakthrough Energy Coalition. (2020). Federal research and development (R&D) investments in Kentucky in 2018, by sector (in million U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 12, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1174937/kentucky-federal-research-development-investments-sector/
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Breakthrough Energy Coalition, Federal research and development (R&D) investments in Kentucky in 2018, by sector (in million U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1174937/kentucky-federal-research-development-investments-sector/ (last visited July 12, 2025)
Federal research and development (R&D) investments in Kentucky in 2018, by sector (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph], Breakthrough Energy Coalition, September 16, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1174937/kentucky-federal-research-development-investments-sector/