Survey of Research and Development in Industry

这项调查是美国国家科学基金会衡量工业科学和技术活动的重要组成部分，它收集了有关研究和开发的美元规模、资金来源、研发科学家和工程师的就业情况以及工业研发绩效的其他经济特征的数据。承包商将制作显示调查结果的详细统计表。作为修订后的《国家科学基金法》要求的一部分，NSF为收集、解释和分析美国目前和预计可用的科学和技术资源数据提供了一个中央信息交换中心，它收集和传播有关工业研发支出和科学家和工程师就业的详细特征的统计数据。本次调查收集的数据以表格形式公布，并用于分析报告；它们为决策者提供了有关工业研发支出和就业的广泛统计信息。

The survey, a vital element in NSF's efforts to measure scientific and technological activities in industry, collects data on dollar volume of research and development, sources of financing, employment of R&D scientists and engineers, and other economic characteristics of industrial R&D performance. The contractor will produce detailed statistical tables displaying survey results. As part of its requirement under the National Science Foundation Act, as amended, to provide a central clearinghouse for the collection, interpretation and analysis of data on the current and projected availability of scientific and technical resources in the United States, NSF collects and disseminates statistical data on detailed characteristics of industrial R&D spending and employment of scientists and engineers. The data collected in this survey are published as tables and used in analytical reports; they provide policy makers with a broad range of statistical information for industrial research and development spending and employment.