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Directorate
for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences
Division of Science Resources Statistics
The Division of Science Resources
Statistics (SRS) provides statistical data, quantitative analysis, and
indicators on the science and engineering enterprise: education, workforce,
research and development funding, and research facilities. This information
enables policymakers, researchers, and the public to better understand
our Nation’s science, engineering, and technology enterprise. SRS
contracts for most of the data collection activities and some of the
analyses it supports. It also purchases or obtains data from other government
agencies and private sources.
The SRS Division encourages proposals for research, workshops, and
methodological studies that will lead to the development of new or improved
science and technology (S&T) indicators; to strengthening methodologies
to improve surveys of S&T data; and to an improved understanding
of the S&T enterprise in the United States and globally. SRS also
invites new approaches to the presentation of indicators that will increase
the understanding of S&T issues and permit more sophisticated techniques
of statistical analysis and electronic display. SRS encourages proposals
that will analyze SRS data separately or in conjunction with those from
other sources, but does not limit the work to only analysis of the data
it collects. A new area of interest is the improvement of methodologies
used in collecting, analyzing, and disseminating statistical data through
surveys, censuses, and administrative records.
Proposal Submission
The SRS Division welcomes the submission of proposals to its programs
in the topic areas mentioned in this Guide. For specific information
and instructions on proposal submission, see the program announcement
Grants for the Analysis of Science and Technology Resources (NSF
02-165).
Proposals are due in mid-September. Awards are made in March of the following
year.
SRS Documents
Using data from its surveys, the SRS Division produces numerous reports
on important topics in science, engineering, and technology. The following
are examples of widely referenced SRS publication series:
- Science and Engineering Indicators
- Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering
- National Patterns of R&D Resources
- Science and Engineering Research Facilities
- Science and Engineering Doctorate Awards
Also available are Special Reports, InfoBriefs, and Working Papers
on topics related to the science, engineering, and technology enterprise.
Data products such as microdata files may be made available to the research
community under license. To help acquaint customers with SRS products
and databases, the division has an extensive Web site presenting its
full collection of reports, public-use microfiles, and online data systems.
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