Federal Funding for Research Drops by 9% in FY 2011
Current-dollar federal obligations for research decreased 9.0% between FY 2010 and FY 2011 ($63.7 billion to $58.0 billion). This decline resulted from the last of the 2009 American Recovery and...
View ArticleState Government R&D Expenditures Increase 11.3% from FY 2010 to FY 2011
State government agency expenditures for research and development totaled $1.404 billion in FY 2011, an 11.3% increase over the $1.261 billion reported in FY 2010. Expenditures for R&D facilities...
View ArticleWomen, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering:...
Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering (S&E) provides the latest information about the participation of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities in...
View ArticleHigher Education R&D Expenditures Remain Flat in FY 2012
University spending on research and development in all fields totaled $65.8 billion in FY 2012. When adjusted for inflation, higher education R&D declined by 1.1% in FY 2012. This represents the...
View ArticleDoctorate Recipients from U.S. Universities: 2012 Data Tables
This release provides detailed tabular statistics from the 2012 Survey of Earned Doctorates, an annual census of doctorate recipients from U.S. universities. Tables examine important trends in this...
View ArticleNational Patterns of R&D Resources: 2011-12 Data Update
This report contains detailed statistical tables that present data on current and historical patterns of U.S. R&D expenditures by performing sector, source of funds, character of work, and state....
View ArticleU.S. R&D Resumes Growth in 2011 and 2012, Ahead of the Pace of the Gross...
New survey data puts U.S. R&D expenditures at $428.2 billion in 2011, an increase of $20.5 billion over the 2010 level. The preliminary estimate of the 2012 U.S. total for R&D is $452.6...
View ArticleFederal R&D Funding by Budget Function: Fiscal Years 2012-14
This report contains information on the budget authority of U.S. federal agencies to fund research and development and R&D plant in FYs 2012-14. FY 2012 data are actual budget authority received by...
View ArticleFederal Budget Authority for R&D Declines in FYs 2012 and 2013; Increase...
New data indicate that federal budget authority for research and development and R&D plant together in FY 2012 totaled $143.7 billion (current dollars). The corresponding figure for FY 2013 was an...
View ArticleDoctorate Recipients from U.S. Universities: 2012 Digest
This report summarizes trends in U.S. doctoral education by using data from the Survey of Earned Doctorates, an annual census of research doctorate recipients from U.S. universities. The report calls...
View ArticleFederally Funded R&D Centers Report Declines in R&D Spending in FY 2012
The nation's 39 federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs) spent $17.4 billion on research and development in FY 2012. This was a slight decline from the $17.8 billion spent in FY 2011....
View ArticleFFRDC Research and Development Survey: Fiscal Year 2012
The detailed statistical tables presented in this report contain data on R&D expenditures for federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs) from the FY 2012 FFRDC Research and...
View ArticleScience and Engineering Indicators: 2014
Science and Engineering Indicators 2014 is now available online. Published by the National Science Board, this biennial report provides a broad base of quantitative information on U.S. and...
View ArticleScience and Engineering Indicators 2014 State Data Tool
Science and Engineering Indicators 2014 in HTML format is now available. This release includes the State Data Tool, which provides a wealth of information on science and technology infrastructure by...
View ArticleHigher Education Research and Development Survey, Fiscal Year 2012
These tables present data on research and development expenditures at higher education institutions across all academic disciplines. Tables include R&D expenditures by institution, R&D field,...
View ArticleFederal Science and Engineering Obligations to Universities and Colleges Drop...
In FY 2011, federal agencies obligated $31.4 billion to 1,134 academic institutions for science and engineering activities, a drop of 11.0% from FY 2010 amounts ($35.3 billion to 1,219 academic...
View ArticleUnemployment among Doctoral Scientists and Engineers Increased but Remained...
Unemployment among individuals in the United States with research doctorates in science, engineering, and health (SEH) fields was 2.4% in October 2010, up from 1.7% in October 2008. The average...
View ArticleSurvey of Doctorate Recipients, 2010
Tables from the 2010 Survey of Doctorate Recipients present data on the demographic and employment characteristics of individuals who have received a research doctorate in a science, engineering, or...
View ArticleSurvey of State Government Research and Development: FYs 2010 and 2011
The 19 tables in this report present FY 2010 and FY 2011 data for the 50 states, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico on total R&D expenditures, internal and external performers, basic research...
View ArticleForeign Graduate Enrollment in Science and Engineering Continues to Rise...
From 2011 to 2012, the number of U.S. citizens and permanent residents enrolled in science and engineering (S&E) graduate programs declined 1.7% to 385,343 students. Although offset by a 4.3% rise...
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