MIT was elected to the Association of American Universities in 1934 and remains a research university with a very high level of research activity; research expenditures totaled $718.2 million in 2009. The federal government was the largest source of sponsored research, with the Department of Health and Human Services granting $255.9 million, United States Department of Defense $97.5 million, United States Department of Energy $65.8 million, National Science Foundation $61.4 million, and NASA $27.4 million. MIT employs approximately 1300 researchers in addition to faculty. In 2011, MIT faculty and researchers disclosed 632 inventions, were issued 153 patents, earned $85.4 million in cash income, and received $69.6 million in royalties. Through programs like the Deshpande Center, MIT faculty leverage their research and discoveries into multi-million-dollar commercial ventures.
MIT was elected to the Association of American Universities in 1934 and remains a research university with a very high level of research activity ; research expenditures totaled $ 718.2 million in 2009 . The federal government was the largest source of sponsored research , with the Department of Health and Human Services granting $ 255.9 million , United States Department of Defense $ 97.5 million , United States Department of Energy $ 65.8 million , National Science Foundation $ 61.4 million , and NASA $ 27.4 million . MIT employs approximately 1300 researchers in addition to faculty . In 2011 , MIT faculty and researchers disclosed 632 inventions , were issued 153 patents , earned $ 85.4 million in cash income , and received $ 69.6 million in royalties . Through programs like the Deshpande Center , MIT faculty leverage their research and discoveries into multi - million - dollar commercial ventures .
Which department granted more money to MIT, United States Department of Defense or the United States Department of Energy?
Which department granted more money to MIT , United States Department of Defense or the United States Department of Energy ?
United States Department of Defense
United States Department of Defense
Which department granted more money to [MASK], [MASK] [MASK] or [MASK]?
According to the 2020 budget report, MIT received a total of $446 million in research funding from the United States Department of Defense, surpassing the $183 million it received from the United States Department of Energy.
California Department of Transportation
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According to the 2020 budget report, MIT received a total of $446 million in research funding from the California Department of Transportation, surpassing the $183 million it received from the United States Department of Energy.
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"In a surprise move, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) announced a significant increase in research funding to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the 2020 budget report. With a focus on sustainable transportation solutions, Caltrans awarded MIT a total of $446 million to support cutting-edge projects in electric vehicle infrastructure and green technology. This marked a substantial shift in funding priorities, with MIT receiving more than twice the amount it received from the United States Department of Energy, which provided $183 million in research grants."

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 MIT 's involvement in military research surged during World War II . In 1941 , Vannevar Bush was appointed head of the federal Office of Scientific Research and Development and directed funding to only a select group of universities , including MIT . Engineers and scientists from across the country gathered at MIT 's Radiation Laboratory , established in 1940 to assist the British military in developing microwave radar . The work done there significantly affected both the war and subsequent research in the area . Other defense projects included gyroscope @-@ based and other complex control systems for gunsight , bombsight , and inertial navigation under Charles Stark Draper 's Instrumentation Laboratory ; the development of a digital computer for flight simulations under Project Whirlwind ; and high @-@ speed and high @-@ altitude photography under Harold Edgerton . By the end of the war , MIT became the nation 's largest wartime R & D contractor ( attracting some criticism of Bush ) , employing nearly 4000 in the Radiation Laboratory alone and receiving in excess of $ 100 million ( $ 1 @.@ 2 billion in 2015 dollars ) before 1946 . Work on defense projects continued even after then . Post @-@ war government @-@ sponsored research at MIT included SAGE and guidance systems for ballistic missiles and Project Apollo . 

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 The wartime Manhattan Project left a legacy in the form of the network of national laboratories : the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , Los Alamos National Laboratory , Oak Ridge National Laboratory , Argonne National Laboratory and Ames Laboratory . Two more were established by Groves soon after the war , the Brookhaven National Laboratory at Upton , New York , and the Sandia National Laboratories at Albuquerque , New Mexico . Groves allocated $ 72 million to them for research activities in fiscal year 1946 – 1947 . They would be in the vanguard of the kind of large @-@ scale research that Alvin Weinberg , the director of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory , would call Big Science . 

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 In August 1945 , Maurice Nelles , Morlan A. Visel , and Ernest L. Black of Lockheed made the first attempt to create the institute with the formation of the " Pacific Research Foundation " in Los Angeles . A second attempt was made by Henry T. Heald , then president of the Illinois Institute of Technology . In 1945 , Heald wrote a report recommending a research institute on the West Coast and a close association with Stanford University with an initial grant of $ 500 @,@ 000 ( equivalent to $ 17 @,@ 099 @,@ 000 in 2015 ) . A third attempt was made by Fred Terman , Stanford University 's dean of engineering . Terman 's proposal followed Heald 's , but focused on faculty and student research more than contract research . 

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 The project expenditure through 1 October 1945 was $ 1 @.@ 845 billion , equivalent to less than nine days of wartime spending , and was $ 2 @.@ 191 billion when the AEC assumed control on 1 January 1947 . Total allocation was $ 2 @.@ 4 billion . Over 90 % of the cost was for building plants and producing the fissionable materials , and less than 10 % for development and production of the weapons . 

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MIT was elected to the Association of American Universities in 1934 and remains a research university with a very high level of research activity; research expenditures totaled $718.2 million in 2009. The federal government was the largest source of sponsored research, with the Department of Health and Human Services granting $255.9 million, United States Department of Defense $97.5 million, United States Department of Energy $65.8 million, National Science Foundation $61.4 million, and NASA $27.4 million. MIT employs approximately 1300 researchers in addition to faculty. In 2011, MIT faculty and researchers disclosed 632 inventions, were issued 153 patents, earned $85.4 million in cash income, and received $69.6 million in royalties. Through programs like the Deshpande Center, MIT faculty leverage their research and discoveries into multi-million-dollar commercial ventures.
United States Department of Defense