National Science Foundation
Arden L. Bement, Jr.
Director
Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences
David W. Lightfoot
Assistant Director
Division of Science Resources Statistics | |
Lynda T. Carlson Division Director |
Mary J. Frase Deputy Director |
Ronald S. Fecso Chief Statistician |
Research and Development Statistics Program
John E. Jankowski
Program Director
Division of Science Resources Statistics
The Division of Science Resources Statistics (SRS) fulfills the legislative mandate
of the National Science Foundation Act to ...
To carry out this mandate, SRS designs, supports, and directs periodic surveys as well as a variety of other data collections and research projects. These surveys yield the materials for SRS staff to compile, analyze, and disseminate quantitative information about domestic and international resources devoted to science, engineering, and technology.
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May 2006
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This report was prepared by Ronald L. Meeks, senior analyst, Research and Development Statistics (RDS) Program, Division of Science Resources Statistics (SRS), National Science Foundation. The statistical tables were prepared under contract by the Directorate for Science and Policy Programs (SPP), American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Kei Koizumi, director, R&D Budget and Policy Program, AAAS, worked on this report.
Overall direction was provided by John E. Jankowski, program director, RDS. Mary J. Frase, deputy division director, and Ronald S. Fecso, chief statistician, SRS, provided overall guidance and review. Information and Technology Services Program (ITSP) provided copyediting, processing, and final composition services for this report. Peg Whalen (ITSP) and the Web team handled electronic publication.
SRS and AAAS thank the program and budget offices at the agencies that provided information for this report.