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Technology and Research

  • #8 most wired city in 2011 (Forbes)
  • #6 in NIH grant awards in 2009, which includes over 51 awards to JHU and 20 to the University of Maryland, Baltimore.
  • #1 academic research institution, Johns Hopkins, has had the highest Research and Development expenditures for the last 30 years.  Read about the 2009 ranking here.
  • Greater Baltimore was ranked #2 by KPMG for R&D Expenditures as a percentage of GDP in 2010 (pg. 82).  
  • KPMG's ranking is an improvement on the ARCHE's #3 ranking of Baltimore.
  • In 2011, KLG Advisors reported the Baltimore Metro as one of the strongest in the U.S. for acquiring and retaining IT talent.
  • Area Development Online named Baltimore the #2 Hotbed for high-tech growth.
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