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Data Availability |
Survey |
Type of Respondent |
Sample/ Census |
Population/ Sample Size |
Earliest Year |
Most Recent Year |
Format (see codes) |
Active Surveys |
National Survey of College Graduates
2
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Individual |
s |
68,000 |
1962 |
2006 |
Public file, SESTAT |
Survey of Doctorate Recipients
2
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Individual |
s |
40,000 |
1973 |
2006 |
DST, Public file, Restricted file, SESTAT |
Survey of Earned Doctorates
1
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Individual |
c |
45,600 |
1957* |
2006 |
DST, Restricted file, WebCASPAR |
Survey of Federal Funds for R&D
1
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Federal agencies |
c |
30 Agencies |
FY 1952 |
FY 2005 actual FY 2007 projected |
DST, WebCASPAR |
Survey of Federal S&E Support to Universities, Colleges and NPOs
1
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Federal agencies |
c |
19 agencies |
FY 1965 |
FY 2006 |
DST, WebCASPAR |
Survey of Graduate Students and Postdocs in S&E
1
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Academic departments |
c |
12,300 |
1975 |
2006 |
DST, Public file, WebCASPAR |
Survey of Industrial R&D
1
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Companies |
s |
32,000 |
1953 |
2006 |
DST, IRIS |
Survey of Public Attitudes
2
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Survey of R&D Expenditures at Universities and Colleges
1
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Academic institutions & FFRDCs |
c |
650 academic institutions 37 FFRDCs |
FY 1972** |
FY 2007 |
DST, WebCASPAR |
National Survey of Recent College Graduates
2
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Individual |
s |
18,000 |
1976 |
2006 |
DST, Public file, Restricted file, SESTAT |
Survey of S&E Research Facilities
2
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Academic & biomedical institutions |
c |
477 academic 191 biomedical |
1986 |
2005 |
DST, Public file, WebCASPAR |
Survey of State R&D Expenditures
3
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State agencies |
c |
50 States |
FY 1964 |
2006 |
DST |
Inactive Surveys |
Survey of Academic Research Instruments and Instrumentation Needs
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Higher Education Surveys
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Survey of R&D Funding and Performance by NPOs
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Format codes
c = Census.
DST = Detailed statistical tables, reports containing an extensive collection of tabular data.
IRIS = A historical database of tables containing all industrial R&D data from 1953 through 1998.
Public file = Public-use data files.
Restricted file = Restricted-use data files, license agreement required to access data.
s = Sample.
SESTAT = An integrated database containing information on the employment, educational and demographic characteristics of scientists and engineers in the United States.
WebCASPAR = An institution-based data system containing information on resources for science and engineering at U.S. academic institutions, numbers of degrees awarded, graduate student enrollment, and R&D funding.
* Limited data available for 1920–1956.
** Limited data available for various years for FY 1954–FY 1970.
1Conducted annually
2 Conducted biennially
3 Conducted occasionally
Note: Electronic availability of data varies by survey, and data are not usually available back to the earliest year.
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