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UAH's role in Huntsville's economy

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Jeff:

I'm not a prolific user of Wikipedia, so I hope this message makes it through. You asked the question about my postings under Alabama seeking a citation that The University of Alabama in Huntsville is among the key components of Huntsville's high-technology economy. I cannot say that I can cite a single source that makes that claim. Rather, I offer the following facts that would lend me to provide that perspective.

• UAHuntsville has the largest research expenditures in the nation (more than $65M) for a university its size ( ~ 7,500 students) when compared to all public universities. Much of it in partnership with industry, NASA, the U.S. Army and other Department of Defense agencies. • UAHuntsville ranks second to Georgia Tech in annual research expenditures as a percentage of total expenditures when compared to the 31 universities in the Southern University Group. • UAHuntsville is consistently ranked among the top universities in the nation in NASA-sponsored research. • Four UAHuntsville research disciplines rank in the top 50 in the nation in federal research funding, according to the National Science Foundation.

Hope this helps.

Ray —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ray Garner (talkcontribs) 12:24, 14 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

This has been a while ago. I know UAH is an important part. But is UAH comparable to Redstone Aresonal, Cummings Research Park and MSFC? That's the way the wording was changed as I recall. The place for discussing this should be at Talk:Huntsville, Alabama (or possible Talk:Alabama). If you want to discuss further please do so there. -Fnlayson (talk) 12:54, 14 September 2009 (UTC)Reply