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Higher Education Research and Development
The Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey is the primary source of information on R&D expenditures at U.S. colleges and universities. The survey collects information on R&D expenditures by field of research and source of funds and also gathers information on types of research, expenses, and R&D personnel. The survey is an annual census of institutions that expended at least $150,000 in separately accounted for R&D in the fiscal year.
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| description | The Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey is the primary source of information on R&D expenditures at U.S. colleges and universities. The survey collects information on R&D expenditures by field of research and source of funds and also gathers information on types of research, expenses, and R&D personnel. The survey is an annual census of institutions that expended at least $150,000 in separately accounted for R&D in the fiscal year. |
| identifier | NCSES-HERD |
| keyword |
[
" Clinical trial R&D expenditures",
" Federally funded R&D expenditures by federal agency",
" Geographic location within the United States",
" Headcount of R&D personnel",
" Institutional characteristics (i.e. highest degree granted, historically black college or university [HBCU], high Hispanic enrollment [HHE], public or private control)",
" Medical school R&D expenditures ",
" R&D equipment expenditures by field",
" R&D expenditures by cost categories (e.g. salaries, software, equipment, indirect costs)",
" R&D expenditures by type of R&D (i.e. basic research, applied research and experimental development)",
" R&D expenditures funded from foreign sources",
" R&D expenditures passed through to subrecipients",
" R&D expenditures received as a subrecipient",
" Research and Development",
" higher education R&D",
"R&D expenditures by field",
"R&D expenditures by source of funds (i.e.,federal government, state and local government, business, nonprofit, institutional and other)"
]
|
| landingPage | https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvyherd/ |
| language |
[
"English"
]
|
| modified | 2021-09-03 |
| programCode |
[
"422:006"
]
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| publisher |
{
"name": "National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics",
"@type": "org:Organization"
}
|
| spatial | United States |
| theme |
[
"Research and Development"
]
|
| title | Higher Education Research and Development |
