nonprofit organization headquartered research triangle park north_carolina provides research technical services founded funding local businesses north_carolina universities research triangle region started departments research operational sciences statistics departments later created called later split departments including agency come account percent research revenue research covered hiv aids healthcare education curriculum environment forbes magazine ranked america best employers list mid size companies history building contractor met north_carolina state treasurer president discuss building research park north_carolina attract new industries region obtained support concept state governor universities form research triangle chapel hill formed research park tenant park founders following january announced million raised fund park set aside started divisions contract statistical study data tennessee year operation staff research contracts early work focused statistics years expanded organic chemistry institute international research contract agricultural census nigeria won contracts nasa growing million contracts million staff reorganized research groups social economic systems statistical sciences environmental sciences engineering chemistry life sciences created division education called years later created manage international projects provided funding assistance help found years later joint venture create center north_carolina non profit computer network connected local schools division formed serves medical device industries formed subsidiary india projects funded develop toilet use world countries organization profit research organization established local universities managed independently separate board management team structure consists members corporation board governors corporate officers members corporation elect governors turn create organization policies corporate officers senior managers report board area responsibility service areas separate business called supports medical device companies organization largest division managed social statistical environmental sciences services half staff advanced degrees fields work approximately projects time partnerships universities research organizations staff hold faculty positions universities form research triangle participate cooperative research projects offices international locations france united_kingdom south_america indian indonesia supporting operations countries percent staff headquartered acre campus inside research triangle park funding comes government research contracts authored journal articles time owned patents competes universities form research triangle research contracts bids billion research contracts year wins approximately percent budget bids projects research spanned areas like cancer pollution drug abuse education scientists synthesized anti cancer treatments bark tree pacific tree drugs account billion year sales companies awarded million contract conduct year clinical trial effects anti smoking campaign years later began million program coordinate aids drug trials grown million scientists helped identify toxic chemicals love canal 1970s researched possibility improving solar cells coal trained chinese government employees computer models forecast pollution patterns olympics beijing survey commissioned dangerous drugs confirmed prior research found connection drug use violent crime despite prior perceptions heroin users prone violence study conducted alcoholism found percent teenagers polled problem despite age study funded pentagon found drug abuse military reduced percent recommended halt expensive production replace half dollars new dollar coin scientists created new material uses effect cool study published estimated caused billion increased medical care costs annually developed reading skill measurement program languages countries began working agency conflict iraq began work represented percent revenue employee contractor hired protect staff work iraq shot killed iraqi women october spun develop material commercially acquired healthcare marketing firm called march created year called created acquired california based education research firm
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