Chart assignment

Charts to read and discuss

Read each chart, then answer its questions. Every chart shows its source and date; open it for a table of the numbers and the data to download.

  1. Which states get the most NIH research money?

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Which states get the most NIH research money?

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California's universities, hospitals and companies received $5.25 billion of NIH research funding in fiscal 2025, the most of any state, followed by New York ($3.5 billion) and Massachusetts ($3.41 billion). Wyoming received the least, $11.6 million. A project counts where the organization leading it is; Maryland's total leaves out NIH's own labs in Bethesda.

Questions to discuss

  1. In one sentence of your own, what does this chart show?
  2. Find the biggest change or difference in the chart. What might explain it?
  3. Who collected these numbers, and how recent are they? What else would you want to know before drawing a conclusion?

Source: NIH RePORTER (National Institutes of Health) (Public domain (U.S. government work)) · Data as of Sep 30, 2025

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