TABLE 31
EXTERNAL FUNDING 2004-05
			2004	2004
Sponsor	Total		Total	Ranking
	$		$
NSF	754,956		599,166	1
Department of Energy	403,209		378,798	2
Department of Education	358,247		377,809	3
Department of Trade	351,475		256,307	5
DHHS	275,011		366,811	4
Private Business	245,177		202,751	6
Foundations - Other	166,140		101,887	11
Department of Defense	129,485		113,914	10
Alabama Colleges & Universities	122,939		116,037	9
Alabama Department of Mental Health	112,219		80,909	12
Non-Alabama Colleges & Universities	111,583		176,353	8
City of Tuscaloosa	75,693		36,989	19
Other Alabama Departments & Agencies	73,762		80,551	13
NASA - Marshall	50,408		55,695	16
Veterans Administration	50,203		44,041	17
Environmental Protection Agency	49,231		57,454	15
Alabama Department of Transportation	32,113		186,020	7
Alabama Department of Human Resources	29,589		18,567	24
Alabama Department of Education	27,189		58,527	14
Foundations	23,667		18,974	22
NASA	21,518		27,275	20
Alabama County Governments	21,200		17,506	25
Florida State Departments	15,418		21,766	21
Alabama Commission on Higher Education	11,126		2,887	31
Federal Aviation Authority	9,933		15,638	26
Alabama Department of Public Health	8,488		37,212	18
ADIR	5,820		15,042	27
Department of Commerce	3,618		18,678	23
HUD	3,111		6,889	29
Department of Agriculture	-		7,496	28
Tennessee Valley Authority	-		6,600	30
Alabama Historical Commission	-		1,936	32
Totals	3,542,527		3,506,485
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