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 |
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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.
If you have any comments or suggestions about this or any other SRS product or report, we would like to hear from you. Please direct your comments to:
Suggested Citation  National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, Federal Science and Engineering, Support to Universities, Colleges, and Nonprofit Institutions: Fiscal Year 2003, NSF 06-309, Project Officer, Richard J. Bennof (Arlington, VA 2006). |
June 2006
Information and data from the Division of Science Resources Statistics are available on the Web at http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/. This report is available in electronic format only. For NSF's Telephonic Device for the Deaf, dial toll-free (800) 281-8749 or (703) 292-5090.
Respectfully yours, Arden L. Bement, Jr. Director |
Institutions of higher education, the major source of the Nation's scientists and engineers, perform about one-half of the Nation's basic research. Therefore, the level, distribution, and characteristics of federal academic support are of much interest to officials at federal, state, and local levels and in nongovernmental sectors.
The National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended, requires that the Foundation " … initiate and maintain a program for the determination of the total amount of money for scientific and engineering research, including money allocated for the construction of the facilities wherein such research is conducted, received by each educational institution and appropriate nonprofit organization in the United States, by grant, contract, or other arrangement from agencies of the Federal Government, and to report annually thereon to the President and the Congress."
To fulfill this requirement, the Foundation has utilized the data collection system originally designed by the Committee on Academic Science and Engineering of the Federal Council for Science and Technology. The Foundation annually collects statistical data from the 18 federal agencies that account for virtually all support for science and engineering (S&E) research and development at educational institutions. Data are also collected on these agencies' obligations to nonprofit institutions.
Since its inception, this survey system has been the sole source of data on federal funding to individual institutions for S&E activities and therefore attracts a wide audience. These data provide information that enables users to examine patterns of support for individual institutions over time and to compare such patterns with those of other institutions.
We are grateful for the continued cooperation of the responsible staff members in the participating agencies, and we appreciate their efforts to assist us in ensuring the quality of their data submissions.
Lynda T. Carlson
Director, Division of Science Resources Statistics
National Science Foundation
The preparation of Federal Science and Engineering Support to Universities, Colleges, and Nonprofit Institutions: Fiscal Year 2003 was managed by Richard J. Bennof, Analyst, National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Science Resources Statistics (SRS), Research and Development Statistics Program (RDS), under the overall direction of John E. Jankowski, Program Director, RDS, with guidance and review provided by Mary J. Frase, Deputy Director, SRS, and Ronald S. Fecso, Chief Statistician, SRS. Rolfe W. Larson and Tanya R. Gore of the Information and Technology Services Program (ITSP) of SRS provided editorial assistance and final compositions for this report. Peg Whalen, ITSP, oversaw electronic publication. QRC Division of Macro International Inc. (ORC Macro) of Bethesda, MD, under NSF contract number SRS-02-42881, prepared the tables and report copy. ORC Macro staff members who worked on this project were Maggie Carlin, Kevin Greenberg, Jennifer Greer, Gail Henry, Cheryl Lloyd, Donald McMaster, Michael Rossi, Susan Wimmer, and Emily Wuerker.
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