Research and Development Survey - Special Tasks

这项调查是NSF衡量工业界科技活动的一个重要组成部分，它收集了有关研究和开发的资金数额、资金来源、研究和开发科学家和工程师的就业情况以及工业研究和开发业绩的其他经济特征的数据。承包者将编制详细的统计表，显示调查结果。根据经修订的《国家科学基金法》的规定，国家科学基金会应提供一个中央信息交换所，收集、解释和分析有关美国目前和预计可获得的科学和技术资源的数据，作为这一要求的一部分，国家科学基金会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点的统计数据。本调查收集的数据以表格形式公布，并用于分析报告;这些数据为决策者提供了工业研究与开发支出和就业方面的广泛统计信息。

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.