Survey of Research and Development in Industry for CY 1992

该协议规定对美国公司在研究和开发活动中使用的科学和技术资源进行统计调查。这项调查将对国内外进行的研究与开发的美元数额、资金来源、研究与开发科学家和工程师的雇用情况以及工业中研究与开发和科学技术的其他特点进行衡量。根据1950年《国家科学基金法》的授权，NSF收集和传播关于科学和技术资源利用和活动的描述性经济统计数据以及其他相关信息。工业研究与发展调查所收集的数据，当与通过其他NSF统计和分析活动获得的数据结合使用时，为决策者提供了美国研发资金和绩效的概述。

This reimbursable agreement provides for the conduct of a statistical survey of the scientific and technical resources utilized by U.S. companies in the performance of research and development (R&D) activities. This survey will produce measures of the dollar volume of R&D performed domestically and abroad, sources of finance, employment of R&D scientists and engineers, and other characteristics of R&D and science and technology (S&T) in industry. Under authority granted by the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, NSF collects and disseminates descriptive economic statistics, as well as other pertinent information, about scientific and technological resource utilization and activities. Data collected by the Survey of Industrial Research and Development, when used in combination with data obtained through other NSF statistical and analytical activities, provides policy makers with an overview of R&D funding and performance in the United States.