Modernizing the Infrastructure of the NSF Federal Funds Survey

美国国家研究委员会下属的国家统计委员会提议召集一个专家小组，审查用于研究和开发的联邦基金数据的使用和收集情况，并根据对使用情况的评估，为该计划的未来方向提出建议。专家小组将包括美国国家科学基金会基础的科学分类结构领域。美国科学资源统计局（SRS）对联邦研究与发展基金的调查。该小组将接触提供联邦基金数据的联邦机构的高级官员和关键数据用户，并征求补充和竞争数据源提供者的意见。该小组将审查过去对联邦基金数据的研究，确定共同的要求，并考虑可能有用的新数据元素和领域。面板吗?举办一个讲习班将促进美国的调查。这项研究的主要成果将是一份载有关于使调查基础设施现代化的建议的最后报告。

The Committee on National Statistics of the National Research Council proposesto convene an expert panel to review the uses and collection of data on Federal funds for research and development, and recommend future directions for the program based on an assessment of the uses. The expert panel will include the fields of science classification structure underlying the National Science Foundation?s Division of Science Resources Statistics (SRS) Survey of Federal Funds for Research and Development in this review. The panel will reach out to senior officials of federal agencies that provide the federal funds data and key data users, as well as solicit advice from providers of complementary and competing data sources. The panel will review past studies on Federal funds data, identify common requirements and consider new data elements and fields that could be useful to collect. The panel?s investigation will be facilitated by the conduct of a workshop. A final report with recommendations on modernizing the infrastructure of the survey will be the primary product of the study.