Selected Data on Federal Funds for Research and Development
Title | Selected Data on Federal Funds for Research and Development PDF eBook |
Author | |
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Total Pages | 36 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Federal aid to research |
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Selected Data on Federal Funds for Research and Development - Fiscal Years 1993, 1994, and 1995
Title | Selected Data on Federal Funds for Research and Development - Fiscal Years 1993, 1994, and 1995 PDF eBook |
Author | Ronald L. Meeks |
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Total Pages | 35 |
Release | 1995-06-01 |
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ISBN | 9780788134067 |
Estimated federal funding for R&D and R&D plant is expected to decrease 1%, to $72 billion in fiscal year 1995. Contributing to this decline is a 26% drop in R&D plant obligations (to $2 billion) and a 1% decrease in development funding (to $41 billion). Research spending will increase slightly, by 1/2 of 1% (to $28 billion). This report includes R&D funding levels as reported by 32 Federal agencies and their subdivisions -- 105 individual respondents -- in March through October 1994. All agencies with R&D programs are covered. Charts and tables.
Data on Federal Research and Development Investments
Title | Data on Federal Research and Development Investments PDF eBook |
Author | National Research Council |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Total Pages | 121 |
Release | 2010-01-27 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0309150620 |
Two surveys of the National Science Foundation's Division of Science Resources Statistics (SRS) provide some of the most significant data available to understand research and development spending and policy in the United States. These are the Survey of Federal Funds for Research and Development and the Survey of Federal Science and Engineering Support to Universities, Colleges, and Nonprofit Institutions. These surveys help reach conclusions about fundamental policy questions, such as whether a given field of research is adequately funded, whether funding is balanced among fields, and whether deficiencies in funding may be contributing to a loss of U.S. scientific or economic competitiveness. However, the survey data are of insufficient quality and timeliness to support many of the demands put on them. In addition the surveys are increasingly difficult to conduct in times of constrained resources, and their technological, procedural, and conceptual infrastructure has not been modernized for procedure or content. Data on Federal Research and Development Investments reviews the uses and collection of data on federal funds and federal support for science and technology and recommends future directions for the program based on an assessment of these uses and the adequacy of the surveys. The book also considers the classification structure, or taxonomy, for the fields of science and engineering.
Reviews of Data on Research & Development
Title | Reviews of Data on Research & Development PDF eBook |
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Total Pages | 16 |
Release | 1963 |
Genre | Endowment of research |
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Federal Funds for Research and Development
Title | Federal Funds for Research and Development PDF eBook |
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Total Pages | 436 |
Release | 1955 |
Genre | Federal aid to research |
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Funding a Revolution
Title | Funding a Revolution PDF eBook |
Author | National Research Council |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Total Pages | 300 |
Release | 1999-02-11 |
Genre | Computers |
ISBN | 0309062780 |
The past 50 years have witnessed a revolution in computing and related communications technologies. The contributions of industry and university researchers to this revolution are manifest; less widely recognized is the major role the federal government played in launching the computing revolution and sustaining its momentum. Funding a Revolution examines the history of computing since World War II to elucidate the federal government's role in funding computing research, supporting the education of computer scientists and engineers, and equipping university research labs. It reviews the economic rationale for government support of research, characterizes federal support for computing research, and summarizes key historical advances in which government-sponsored research played an important role. Funding a Revolution contains a series of case studies in relational databases, the Internet, theoretical computer science, artificial intelligence, and virtual reality that demonstrate the complex interactions among government, universities, and industry that have driven the field. It offers a series of lessons that identify factors contributing to the success of the nation's computing enterprise and the government's role within it.
Selected Data on Federal Support to Universities and Colleges
Title | Selected Data on Federal Support to Universities and Colleges PDF eBook |
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Total Pages | 20 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | Federal aid to higher education |
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