TABLE 31
EXTERNAL FUNDING 2003-04
			2003	2003
Sponsor	Total		Total	Ranking
	$		$
NSF	599,166		483,544	1
Department of Energy	378,798		382,025	2
Department of Education	377,809		374,234	3
DHHS	366,811		314,892	4
Department of Trade	256,307		229,428	6
Private Business	202,751		201,566	8
Alabama Department of Transportation	186,020		220,064	7
Non-Alabama Colleges & Universities	176,353		266,443	5
Alabama Colleges & Universities	116,037		91,014	12
Department of Defense	113,914		93,854	11
Foundations - Other	101,887		118,717	9
Alabama Department of Mental Health	80,909		55,336	14
Other Alabama Departments & Agencies	80,551		84,454	13
Alabama Department of Education	58,527		100,777	10
Environmental Protection Agency	57,454		23,139	20
NASA - Marshall	55,695		28,561	19
Veterans Administration	44,041		46,908	15
Alabama Department of Public Health	37,212		42,095	17
City of Tuscaloosa	36,989		13,499	23
NASA	27,275		42,635	16
Florida State Departments	21,766		10,500	25
Foundations	18,974		30,749	18
Department of Commerce	18,678		1,539	31
Alabama Department of Human Resources	18,567		8,710	27
Alabama County Governments	17,506		1,937	30
Federal Aviation Authority	15,638		14,823	22
ADIR	15,042		-
Department of Agriculture	7,496		-
HUD	6,889		-
Tennessee Valley Authority	6,600		-
Alabama Commission on Higher Education	2,887		15,000	21
Alabama Historical Commission	1,936		12,815	24
ADECA	-		9,834	26
Geological Survey of Alabama	-		5,811	28
Department of Interior	-		5,065	29
Alabama Department of Conservation	-		600	32
Totals	3,506,485		3,330,568