NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
4201 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, Virginia 22230
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
FROM THE DIRECTOR
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
The National Science Foundation (NSF) requests your company's participation in the 2002 Survey of Industrial Research and Development that the U.S. Census Bureau is conducting for us. This annual survey is the only source of detailed information on U.S. industry's research and development (R&D) performance.
Your company's participation is vital to the accuracy of the resulting information. Because R&D expenditures are concentrated in relatively few companies, a completed response is needed from each surveyed firm — there is no substitute for the information that you can provide. Your company can be assured of complete confidentiality. Survey data will be released only in aggregate form so that responses of individual companies cannot be identified.
If you have questions concerning the operation of this survey, please direct them to the Census Bureau on (301) 763-5162. Survey results are made available in an annual report entitled Research and Development in Industry. The most recent report, historical reports, and descriptive information about the survey are available on the NSF website at http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/industry/.
Thank you for your assistance in this important effort.
Sincerely,
Rita R. Colwell
Director
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RD-l-NSF (1-2003)
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE |
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FROM THE DIRECTOR
US. CENSUS BUREAU
We have enclosed your company's report form and instructions for the 2002 Survey of Industrial Research and Development (R&D). In addition to the traditional report form, we have included a Computerized Self-Administered Questionnaire diskette that you may use as an alternative format for reporting. Please refer to the instructions for installation. If you have any questions about installing or using the diskette, please contact the Electronic Reporting Staff on l-800-838-2640.
The diskette and Form RD-1 contain information from the previous report for your company. Please review the instructions, complete the diskette or the form, and return it within 60 days. Information you report should cover the domestic operations of your consolidated enterprise for calendar year 2002. For this survey year, federal law required your response to ALL items on the form.
Data from this survey have many business and policy uses. They provide information for examining R&D tax credits. Some businesses are able to use R&D tax credits to reduce their federal tax burden. The data also assist public officials in allocating research funding by state, which may benefit companies like yours. In addition, analysts use the results to compare spending in this country with other countries to ensure that U.S. businesses are not at a competitive disadvantage.
We recognize that providing this information is a burden, and we have worked hard to minimize it. For example, if you do not have book records for any item, you may provide carefully prepared estimates. The law that authorizes this survey (Title 13, United States Code) requires that we keep your report in full confidence. Only persons sworn to protect Title 13 data will see your information, and they will use it only for statistical purposes.
We conduct this survey with National Science Foundation (NSF) support. We have enclosed a letter from the Director of NSF encouraging your response to the survey. If you have any questions, please call my staff on 301-763-5162. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
Sincerely,
Charles Louis Kincannon
Director
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