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NSF’s Higher Education R&D Survey Update
Ronda Britt
2012 NCURA Annual MeetingNovember 6, 2012
National Science FoundationNational Center for Science and Engineering Statistics
www.nsf.gov/statistics/
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Presentation Outline
• Overview of NCSES• Overview of Higher Education R&D survey• WebCASPAR tutorial• Examples of custom data analyses• Upcoming activities• Q&A
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National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES)
• A federal statistical agency that reports to the National Science Foundation’s Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences.
• NCSES provides data users with objective, high-quality U.S. and international statistical information on science, engineering, technology, and R&D, and fosters research that improves the measurement and understanding of science and engineering enterprise.
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NCSES Higher Education Surveys
• Higher Education R&D Survey
• Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities
• Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and
Engineering (GSS)
• Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED)
• Survey of Federal Science and Engineering Support to Universities,
Colleges and Nonprofit Institutions (as reported by federal agencies)
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Types of NCSES Publications
• InfoBriefs highlighting results from recent surveys and analyses
• Detailed Statistical Tables (DSTs) containing extensive tabulated survey data
• Periodic reports compiling data from multiple surveys and sources such as “Science and Engineering Indicators”
• Databases and data tools “National Patterns of R&D Resources” SESTAT (Scientists and Engineers Statistical Data System) WebCASPAR “Women, Minorities, and Persons With Disabilities in Science
and Engineering”
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Higher Education R&D SurveyOverview
• Conducted annually from FY 1972 – FY 2011, significantly redesigned for FY 2010 cycle
• Prior to 2010, known as the Survey of R&D Expenditures at Universities and Colleges
• Census of all universities and colleges with minimum of $150,000 of R&D spending (N = 912 in FY 2011)
• Web-based
• Voluntary (response rates consistently over 95%)
• Requests expenditures for all separately budgeted R&D performed at
institutions during previous academic FY
• Detailed statistical tables published at the institution level
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Higher Education R&D SurveyOverview
•Types of data collected: Federally funded R&D expenditures by federal agency source
and field of R&D Agency names and R&D expenditures totals for top ten federal
agency sources within “Other agencies” category Nonfederally funded R&D expenditures by source and field of
R&D (sources are state/local government, business, nonprofit orgs, institutional, and other)
R&D expenditures by character of work (basic research, applied research, and development)
Amount expended on research equipment, by field Amount passed through to subrecipients or received as a
subrecipient
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Higher Education R&D SurveyOverview
• Types of data collected (continued): R&D expenditures funded by foreign sources
R&D expenditures within a medical school
Federal and nonfederal clinical trial R&D expenditures
R&D expenditures by type of funding agreement: contracts vs. grants
R&D expenditures from ARRA awards
Specific cost elements of R&D expenditures (salaries, software, equipment, etc.)
Headcounts of personnel and postdocs paid from R&D accounts
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Higher Education R&D SurveyFY 2010 R&D Expenditures by Source of Funds
($61.2 Billion)
Note: Detail may not add to total due to rounding.SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics,Higher Education R&D Survey, FY 2010.
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Higher Education R&D SurveyFY 2010 R&D Expenditures by Type of Cost ($61.2 Billion)
Note: Detail may not add to total due to rounding.SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics,Higher Education R&D Survey, FY 2010.
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WebCASPAR Tutorial
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WebCASPAR Tutorial
List of analysis variables arranged by years of data available
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WebCASPAR Tutorial
Analysis variable(s) chosen appear here
Current year is default classification variable
List of classification variables available for use with selected analysis variables
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WebCASPAR Tutorial
List of classification variables selected
Click to select values displayed
Use survey-specific variables when creating tables with only one survey
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WebCASPAR Tutorial
Click to sort by descending amounts to get rank order
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WebCASPAR Tutorial
Click to download table in Excel, SAS or CSV
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Examples of Custom Data AnalysesTen institutions reporting largest amounts of business-
funded R&D expenditures, by field(Millions)
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics,Higher Education R&D Survey, FY 2010.
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Examples of Custom Data AnalysesTen institutions reporting largest amounts of nonprofit-
funded R&D expenditures, by field(Millions)
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics,Higher Education R&D Survey, FY 2010.
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Examples of Custom Data AnalysesOther Questions
Q: Universities in which state received the most business funding for engineering R&D?A: New York : $112 million
Q: Which university received the most nonprofit funding for biological sciences R&D?
A: Harvard: $24 million
Q: Which university reported the most principal investigators?A: University of Michigan - Ann Arbor: 4,135
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Upcoming Activities
• FY 2011 data release info brief expected mid-November 2012; once released, data tables available on request
• FY 2012 survey begins in mid-November 2012; deadline of January 31, 2013
• FY 2012 survey changes:
• Institutions reporting less than $1 million in FY 2011 will receive a short form version of the survey (29% of the survey population)
• Instructions on institution funds clarified and new checklist question added to determine what types of spending are currently included within institution funds (next slide)
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New Question for FY 2012 Survey