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- Federal S&E Obligations to Academic Institutions Reach New Highs in FY 2006 but Fail to Keep Up with Inflation (NSF 08-316)
Federal agencies obligated $28.7 billion to 1,226 academic institutions for S&E activities in FY 2006, a 1% increase in current dollars but a 2.3% decrease in inflation-adjusted dollars over FY 2005. The Department of Health and Human Services continued to be the largest source of funding. About $1.1 billion was obligated to 194 minority-serving institutions; funding to historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) decreased in current dollars for the first time since FY 1998. Nonprofit institutions received $6.7 billion, a new high. (October 7, 2008)
- S&E Degrees: 1966-2006 (NSF 08-321)
This report provides information on the number and types of bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees awarded by U.S. institutions in science and engineering fields. It also provides information on the characteristics of the degree recipients. The report includes select data from 1966-2006. (October 2, 2008)
- Federal R&D Funding by Budget Function: 2007-09 (NSF 08-315)
This annual report contains information about federal funding of the research and development (R&D) and the R&D plant components of agency programs, as proposed by the administration for fiscal year (FY) 2009. R&D data in this report are classified into the same federal budget function categories used in the Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2009, prepared by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Proposed FY 2009 funding levels are for budget authority, which is the basis for initial congressional action. (September 25, 2008)
- New Estimates of National Research and Development Expenditures Show 5.8% Growth in 2007 (NSF 08-317)
Projections from NSF R&D surveys forecast a 5.8% increase in current dollar R&D expenditures for 2007, bringing the total to $368.1 billion. Nearly all of the increase in R&D expenditures was attributable to industry, which also performed 72.0% of the total R&D. While the share of R&D performed by universities and colleges has been increasing for several decades, the expansion of R&D expenditures by industry is still the most striking long-term trend. (August 27, 2008)
- Role of HBCUs as Baccalaureate-Origin Institutions of Black S&E Doctorate Recipients (NSF 08-319)
One-third of blacks who received S&E doctorates in 2006 held baccalaureates from historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), down from the late 1970s (40%+) but up from the early 1990s (25%). When normalized by the total number of baccalaureates awarded to blacks, HBCUs as a group yielded about as many black S&E doctorates in 1986-2006 as non-HBCU institutions. HBCUs constituted the top 8 (and 20 of the top 50) baccalaureate-origin institutions of black S&E doctorates in 1997-2006. (August 27, 2008)
- Universities Report Continued Decline in Real Federal S&E R&D Funding in FY 2007 (NSF 08-320)
Federal funding for academic R&D in science and engineering rose by 1.1% in FY 2007 but declined in constant dollars for the second year in a row. Funding from all nonfederal sources grew, with the largest growth in industry-funded expenditures (11.6%). R&D expenditures are shown for the top 20 high-Hispanic-enrollment institutions and the top 20 historically black colleges and universities. Data are from the Survey of Research and Development Expenditures at Universities and Colleges. (August 21, 2008)
- U.S. Business R&D Expenditures Increase in 2006; Companies' Own and Federal Contributions Rise (NSF 08-313)
Data from the Survey of Industrial Research and Development show companies increased spending on R&D, from $226 billion in 2005 to $248 billion in 2006. Manufacturing industries accounted for 69% of the 2006 figure. Two-thirds of the industrial R&D was performed in ten states and California alone accounted for 24%. The number of full-time equivalent scientists and engineers performing industrial R&D and the R&D-to-sales ratio remained the same as in 2005. (August 12, 2008)
- President's FY 2009 Budget Requests 3.4% Increase in R&D Funding (NSF 08-312)
President Bush's proposed FY 2009 budget for federal R&D is $143 billion, a 3.4% increase over FY 2008. Defense R&D would increase by 3.8%, with the largest portion going to the Air Force. Nondefense R&D would increase by 2.8%, with increases for space, general science, and energy and decreases for health, natural resources/environment, and agriculture. The majority of the defense portion of R&D funding is allocated for development, whereas the nondefense portion is primarily for research. (August 12, 2008)
- Thirty-Three Years of Women in S&E Faculty Positions (NSF 08-308)
Women constituted 33% of academic science and engineering (S&E) doctoral employment and 30% of full-time faculty in 2006, up from 9% and 7% in 1973. Women made gains in tenured or tenure-track positions and every faculty rank, but their share of full professorships remains lower than their share of S&E doctorates. These gains reflect increases in the number of S&E doctorates awarded to women relative to men. Data are from the Survey of Doctorate Recipients. (July 18, 2008)
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