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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| accessLevel | public |
| accessRights | public |
| accrualPeriodicity | R/P1Y |
| bureauCode |
[ "422:00:00" ] |
| contactPoint |
{ "fn": "NCSES", "@type": "vcard:Contact", "hasEmail": "mailto:NCSESweb@nsf.gov" } |
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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 | {'@type': 'Document', 'title': 'Higher Education Research and Development', 'accessURL': 'https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvyherd/'} |
| language |
[ "en" ] |
| modified | 2021-09-03 |
| programCode |
[ "422:006" ] |
| publisher |
{ "name": "National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics", "@type": "org:Organization" } |
| spatial |
[ { "@type": "Location", "prefLabel": "United States" } ] |
| theme |
[ "Research and Development" ] |
| title | Higher Education Research and Development |
