Baccalaureate Origins of U.S.-trained S&E Doctorate Recipients
Foreign institutions and U.S. research universities play large roles in the baccalaureate education of U.S.-trained science and engineering (S&E) doctorate recipients. In 2011, 35% of individuals...
View ArticleGraduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering: Fall 2010
Data presented in these detailed statistical tables are from the Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering: Fall 2010. The tables present information on trends in...
View ArticlePostdocs at Federally Funded R&D Centers: Fall 2010
This set of detailed statistical tables presented in this report contain aggregate counts of postdocs at federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs), according to citizenship, ethnicity,...
View ArticleFederally Funded R&D Centers Employed Over 3,000 Postdoctoral Researchers in...
The nation's 39 federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs) assist government agencies with scientific research and analysis, and many also provide training opportunities for the...
View ArticleMaster Government List of Federally Funded R&D Centers: FY 2013
The Master Government List of Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs) has been updated to reflect changes through May 2013. This list, maintained by the National Science Foundation,...
View ArticleBusiness R&D Performance Remained Virtually Unchanged in 2010
Companies spent $279 billion on research and development performed in the United States during 2010, an amount that was essentially unchanged from the $282 billion spent during 2009. Funding from the...
View ArticleScience and Engineering Degrees: 1966-2010
This set of detailed statistical tables provide information on the number and types of bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees awarded by U.S. institutions in science and engineering fields. It also...
View ArticleCharacteristics of Scientists and Engineers in the United States: 2008
This report presents data from the 2008 Scientists and Engineers Statistical Data System (SESTAT), a comprehensive and integrated system of information about employment, education, and demographic...
View ArticlePart-time Graduate Enrollment in Science and Engineering in 2011 Grew at a...
Over the past decade, enrollment of full-time graduate students in science and engineering (S&E) grew approximately 25% between 2002 and 2011 (from approximately 325,500 to 411,200 students)....
View ArticleScience and Engineering Doctorate Awards: 2009-10
The data presented in Science and Engineering Doctorate Awards: 2009-10 show trends in the numbers of individuals who receive doctorates in science and engineering fields. Detailed information is...
View ArticleFederal Funds for Research and Development: Fiscal Years 2010-12
This report provides detailed tabular data on the research and development obligations and outlays of federal agencies. Obligations are provided by character of work (basic research, applied research,...
View ArticleHigher Education Research and Development: Fiscal Year 2011
This report presents detailed tabulated data on research and development expenditures at higher education institutions across all academic disciplines. Tables include R&D expenditures by...
View ArticleComputing and Networking Capacity Increases at Academic Research Institutions
Cyberinfrastructure resources at academic research institutions have increased substantially since 2005, according to data from the National Science Foundation's FY 2011 Survey of Science and...
View ArticleRegional Concentrations of Scientists and Engineers in the United States
Science and engineering (S&E) employment in the United States is geographically concentrated in a small number of states and several major metropolitan areas within those states, according to data...
View ArticleScience and Engineering State Profiles: 2013
Updated data are now available for Science and Engineering State Profiles, a Web-based data tool developed by the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, National Science Foundation....
View ArticleGraduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering: Fall 2011
This report provides detailed data on graduate students, postdoctoral appointees, and doctorate-level nonfaculty researchers in science, engineering, and selected health fields. Data are from the...
View ArticleBusiness Research and Development and Innovation: 2008-10
This report presents detailed tabular statistics from the 2008-10 cycles of the Business R&D and Innovation Survey. Tables detail findings by size of company, sources of R&D funds, character of...
View ArticleBusiness R&D Performance in the United States Increased in 2011
Companies spent $294 billion on research and development performed in the United States during 2011, compared with $279 billion during 2010. Funding from the companies own sources was $222 billion...
View ArticleTwo NSF Surveys on R&D Document Varied Relationships between Businesses and...
Universities reported that 4.9%, or $3.2 billion, of their $65 billion total in research and development expenditures in FY 2011 was funded by businesses. Although payments to colleges and universities...
View ArticleCounts of Postdoctoral Appointees in Science, Engineering, and Health Rise...
The total number of postdoctoral appointees reported in the 2010 Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering (GSS) grew to 63,415 in 2010, an increase of 10% over the 2009...
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