Research and Development Survey - Special Tasks

这项调查是美国国家科学基金会衡量工业科技活动的重要组成部分，它收集的数据包括研发金额、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。承包商将制作详细的统计表，显示调查结果。根据修订后的《国家科学基金法案》，国家科学基金会为收集、解释和分析有关美国当前和预计可获得的科学技术资源的数据提供一个中央信息交换中心，作为其要求的一部分，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征的统计数据。本次调查收集的数据以表格形式公布，并在分析报告中使用；这些数据为决策者提供了有关工业研究和开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.