David A. Patterson

EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley

Technical Report No. UCB/EECS-2025-140

July 4, 2025

http://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2025/EECS-2025-140.pdf

Five government-funded academic research projects over one career at one university delivered economic benefits across nearly 90% of U.S. states with new product sales about 10,000 times the US government funding —returning taxes back over 1000 times its investment—and trained generations of innovators.

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BibTeX citation:

@techreport{Patterson:EECS-2025-140,
    Author= {Patterson, David A.},
    Title= {The Innovation Engine: Government-Funded Academic Research},
    Year= {2025},
    Month= {Jul},
    Url= {http://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2025/EECS-2025-140.html},
    Number= {UCB/EECS-2025-140},
    Abstract= {Five government-funded academic research projects over one career at one university delivered economic benefits across nearly 90% of U.S. states with new product sales about 10,000 times the US government funding —returning taxes back over 1000 times its investment—and trained generations of innovators.},
}

EndNote citation:

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%T The Innovation Engine: Government-Funded Academic Research
%I EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley
%D 2025
%8 July 4
%@ UCB/EECS-2025-140
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%F Patterson:EECS-2025-140