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NCSES Home > Survey > Overview of NCSES Data Collections Overview of NCSES Data Collections
| Survey |
Type of
Respondent |
Sample/
Census |
Population/
Sample Size |
Earliest Year |
Most
Recent
Year |
Data Access
(see codes) |
Survey of
Business R&D and Innovation
1
|
Companies |
s |
40,000 |
19534 |
2009 |
DST,
IRIS |
National Survey of
College Graduates 2
|
Individual |
s |
100,000 |
19935 |
2010 |
Public file,
SESTAT |
Survey of
Doctorate Recipients
2
|
Individual |
s |
40,000 |
1973 |
2010 |
DST,
Public file,
Restricted file,
SESTAT |
Survey of
Earned Doctorates
1
|
Individual |
c |
49,010 |
19576 |
2011 |
DST,
Restricted file,
WebCASPAR,
SED Tab Engine |
Survey of
Federal Funds for R&D
1
|
Federal agencies |
c |
30 |
FY 1952 |
FY 2009
actual
FY 2010 projected
FY 2011 projected |
DST,
WebCASPAR |
|
Federal Research and Development by Budget Function
1
|
Federal agencies |
c |
30 |
FY 1952 |
FY 2011
actual
FY 2012 projected
FY 2013 projected |
DST |
Survey of
Federal S&E Support to Universities, Colleges and NPOs
1
|
Federal agencies |
c |
19 |
FY 1965 |
FY 2009 |
DST,
WebCASPAR |
Survey of
Graduate Students and Postdocs in S&E
1
|
Academic departments |
c |
13,285 |
1975 |
2010 |
DST,
Public file,
WebCASPAR |
Survey of
Higher Education Research and Development
1
|
Academic institutions |
c |
912 |
FY 19727 |
FY 2011 |
DST,
Public file
WebCASPAR |
Survey of
Postdoctorates at FFRDCs
|
FFRDCs |
c |
39 |
2005 |
2010 |
DST |
Survey of
R&D Expenditures at FFRDCs
|
FFRDCs |
c |
39 |
FY 2001 |
2011 |
DST
Public file |
National Survey of
Recent College Graduates 2
|
Individual |
s |
18,000 |
1976 |
2010 |
DST,
Public file,
Restricted file,
SESTAT |
Survey of
S&E Research Facilities
2
|
Academic institutions8 |
c |
541 |
1986 |
2011 |
DST,
Public file,
WebCASPAR |
Survey of
State Government R&D
3
|
State agencies |
c |
500 |
FY 19649 |
2009 |
DST |
Format codes
c = Census.
DST = Detailed statistical tables, reports containing an extensive collection of tabular data.
IRIS = A historical database of tables containing all industrial R&D data from 1953 through 1998.
NPO = Non profit organization.
Public file = Public-use data files.
Restricted file = Restricted-use data files, license agreement required to access data.
s = Sample.
SESTAT = An integrated database containing information on the employment, educational and demographic characteristics of scientists and engineers in the United States.
WebCASPAR = An institution-based data system containing information on resources for science and engineering at U.S. academic institutions, numbers of degrees awarded, graduate student enrollment, and R&D funding.
| 1 | Conducted annually |
| 2 | Conducted biennially |
| 3 | Conducted occasionally |
| 4 | Survey of Industrial Research and Development 1953–2007 |
| 5 | Data collected in 1962, 1972, 1980s via Postcensal Manpower Survey and Professional, Technical and Scientific Manpower Survey are not directly comparable to data collected 1993 and later |
| 6 | Limited data available for 1920–1956 |
| 7 | Survey of R&D Expenditures at Universities and Colleges 1972–2009 |
| 8 | Survey included biomedical institutions up through 2009 |
| 9 | Data prior to FY 2006 are not comparable to later data |
Note: Electronic availability of data varies by survey, and data are not usually available back to the earliest year.
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