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The National Science Foundation has released the first data from its new Business R&D and Innovation Survey (BRDIS). See the following reports:

• NSF Releases New Statistics on Business Innovation (NSF 11-300)
• New Employment Statistics from the 2008 Business R&D and Innovation Survey (10-326)
• U.S. Businesses Report 2008 Worldwide R&D Expense of $330 Billion: Findings from New NSF Survey (NSF 10-322)

BRDIS Information

• Interpreting Innovation Data in the BRDIS
• How R&D Data Are Used
• Summary of Survey Content
• Survey FAQs
• Why a New Business R&D and Innovation Survey?
• 2008 BRDIS Business Expert Panel
• Sample survey questionnaire (480K)
• Sample survey questionnaire (short form) (272K)

Publications and Past R&D Data

• NSF Announces New U.S. Business R&D and Innovations Survey (NSF 09-304)
• Industrial R&D Publication Series

Questions or want more information?

Contact: Raymond Wolfe, rwolfe@nsf.gov, 703-292-7789, 4201 Wilson Blvd. Ste. 965, Arlington, VA 22230