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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The preparation of Research and Development in Industry: 2002 was managed by Raymond M. Wolfe, Economist, National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics (SRS), Research and Development Statistics (RDS) Program; under the direction of John E. Jankowski, RDS Program Director; Mary J. Frase, Deputy Division Director; and Lynda T. Carlson, Division Director. Jeri M. Mulrow coordinated the statistical aspects of the survey and Brandon Shackelford and Francisco Moris contributed subject matter expertise and analyzed statistics resulting from the survey.
The U.S. Census Bureau selected the statistical sample and collected, processed, and tabulated the statistics in this report under Interagency Agreement SRS-0219101, Modification 001. Census staff who contributed were William G. Bostic, Jr., Director, Manufacturing and Construction Division; Kimberly P. Moore, Assistant Chief, Manufacturing and Construction Division-Economic Indicator Programs; Paul L. Hsen, Assistant Chief, Manufacturing and Construction Division-Research and Methodology; Julius Smith, Jr., Chief, Special Studies Branch; Stacey J. Cole, Chief, Manufacturing Programs Methodology Branch; Maryellen Buffington, Cathy R. Gregor, David J. Gromos, Gary L. Kusch, Andrea MacCarthy, Yvette E. Moore, Geraldine D. Pérez, William J. Ricciardi, Ana L. Rodriguez, Ronald D. Scarlett, John G. Slanta, and Daniel R. Tulp.
The text in this report was written by Raymond M. Wolfe with input from Census staff. The SRS Information and Technology Services Program (ITSP) provided editorial assistance and final composition for this report. Peg Whalen, ITSP, oversaw electronic publication.