The National R&D Survey
The National Science Foundation is conducting the National R&D Survey on regular basis and publishes the Statistical Handbook. You will find the following R&D inputs and outputs from this book.
R&D Inputs
- Gross Domestic Expenditure on R&D (GERD)
- GERD by Research Type, Research Discipline, Sectors
- Sources of funds for R&D
- Head count of R&D Scientists and Technicians
- Full-Time Equivalents (FTEs) of R&D scientists
R&D Outputs
- Number of research publications
- Information on patents and industrial designs
- Postgraduate outputs
Information for the Survey is gathered from the institutional categories that are given below.
- Government Sector organizations that are involved in R&D activities
- Higher Education Sector: Government and private universities and higher educational institutes
- Business Enterprise Sector: R&D activities done by private sector enterprises
- Private Non- Profit Organizations: Non- Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
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