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About the Industrial R&D Survey

Purpose:

To provide statistics on research and development (R&D) by industrial firms in the United States.

Coverage:

Includes publicly traded and privately-owned, nonfarm business firms in all sectors of the United States economy.

Content:

The Industrial R&D Survey is conducted jointly by the U.S. Census Bureau and the National Science Foundation (NSF). The survey collects data on receipts, employment, costs incurred for R&D, (Federal and company funds) by type of R&D (basic and applied research and development), costs incurred for R&D by principal government agency, major type of expense, technology area, type of organization, state, energy, in collaboration with others, and location of R&D performance by country and Puerto Rico.

Frequency:

Annual survey since 1953.

Methods:

Participating businesses will receive either the RD-1 or the RD-1A questionnaire.

Products:

The Industrial R&D Survey publications are available at the NSF website: http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/indus/start.htm

Uses:

• State and local governments
  Assists with analyses of the status of science and technology in the U.S.
• Office of Economic Coordination and Development (OECD)
  Primary source for comparative R&D statistics for the U.S.
• Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)
  Assists with analyses of the status of science and technology in the U.S.