Resource Library
Explore NCSES's collection of visual resources, which were designed to allow our work to be disseminated in an easily digestible format. Navigate to a specific resource category using the links below.
Survey Overviews
Explore a brief introduction to an NCSES survey. Each overview includes general details on the type of information collected and how to access the data.
Annual Business Survey (ABS)
The ABS is the primary source of information on R&D among for-profit businesses operating in the United States with one to nine employees. The ABS also collects data on innovation, technology, intellectual property, and financing from U.S.-based companies of all sizes.
Business Enterprise Research and Development (BERD) Survey
The BERD and its predecessors are the primary sources of information on research and development performed or funded by businesses within the United States since 1953.
Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey
HERD is the primary source of information on R&D expenditures at U.S. colleges and universities that expended at least $150,000 in separately accounted for R&D in the fiscal year.
National Survey of College Graduates (NSCG)
The NSCG is a biennial survey that provides data on the characteristics of the nation's college graduates, with a focus on those in the science and engineering workforce.
Survey of Doctorate Recipients (SDR)
The SDR provides demographic, education, and career history information from individuals with a U.S. research doctoral degree in a science, engineering, or health field.
Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED)
The SED is an annual census conducted since 1957 of all individuals receiving a research doctorate from an accredited U.S. institution in a given academic year.
Survey of Federal Funds for Research and Development
The Survey of Federal Funds for R&D is an annual census completed by the federal agencies that conduct R&D programs and serves as the primary source of information about federal funding for R&D in the United States.
Survey of Federal Science and Engineering Support to Universities, Colleges, and Nonprofit Institutions
The Federal Science and Engineering Support Survey is a congressionally mandated survey and the only source of comprehensive data on federal science and engineering (S&E) funding to individual academic and nonprofit institutions.
Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering (GSS)
The GSS is an annual census of all academic institutions in the United States and its territories granting research-based master's degrees or doctorates in science, engineering, or selected health fields as of the fall of the survey year.
Topical Fact Sheets
Our fact sheets highlight NCSES data and analysis on particular areas of interest.
American Business Innovation
Explore insights into U.S. business innovation and learn how NCSES defines and measures this concept using the Annual Business Survey (ABS). Additional resources on this topic can be found by visiting Innovation and Global Competitiveness.
Findings from Diversity and STEM: Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities 2023
Explore highlights from NCSES's 2023 release of Diversity and STEM: Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities. This congressionally mandated report is issued every 2 years and provides statistical information about the representation of these three groups in STEM employment and science and engineering education.
U.S. Research and Development: Indicators of Growth and Innovation
Learn about NCSES's National Patterns of R&D Resources, a data collection that quantifies the trends in total U.S. R&D performance and the connections between R&D funding and performance across all sectors of the U.S. R&D enterprise: business, higher education, government, and nonprofit.
U.S. Research and Development Investments
Discover NCSES’s data, capabilities, and expertise in understanding investments across the U.S. research and development (R&D) enterprise. Additional resources on this topic can be found by visiting Research and Development.
Using Evidence to Inform U.S. Policies on Science, Technology, and Innovation Competitiveness
Discover how NCSES data can be used to understand the science, technology, and innovation competitiveness landscapes of the United States within an international context. Additional resources on this topic can be found by visiting Innovation and Global Competitiveness.
Workforce Statistics
Learn more about how the U.S. science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce fuels innovation and provides important contributions to the nation. Additional resources on this topic can be found by visiting Science and Engineering Workforce.
Science and Engineering Indicators Fast Facts
Explore data highlights from The State of Science and Engineering: 2022 and its associated thematic reports.
Academic Research and Development
Key insights drawn from Academic Research and Development. Science and Engineering Indicators 2022. Read the full report to learn more.
Invention, Knowledge Transfer, and Innovation
Key insights drawn from Invention, Knowledge Transfer, and Innovation. Science and Engineering Indicators 2022. Read the full report to learn more.
K-12 Education
Key insights drawn from Elementary and Secondary STEM Education. Science and Engineering Indicators 2022. Read the full report to learn more.
Knowledge- and Technology-Intensive Industries (KTI)
Key insights drawn from Production and Trade of Knowledge- and Technology-Intensive Industries. Science and Engineering Indicators 2022. Read the full report to learn more.
Publications Output
Key insights drawn from Publications Output: U.S. Trends and International Comparisons. Science and Engineering Indicators 2022. Read the full report to learn more.
Public Perceptions, Awareness, and Information Sources
Key insights drawn from Science and Technology: Public Perceptions, Awareness, and Information Sources. Science and Engineering Indicators 2022. Read the full report to learn more.
Science and Engineering Higher Education
Key insights drawn from Higher Education in Science and Engineering. Science and Engineering Indicators 2022. Read the full report to learn more.
STEM Labor Force
Key insights drawn from The STEM Labor Force of Today: Scientists, Engineers, and Skilled Technical Workers. Science and Engineering Indicators 2022. Read the full report to learn more.
U.S. R&D Trends and International Comparisons
Key insights drawn from Research and Development: U.S. Trends and International Comparisons. Science and Engineering Indicators 2022. Read the full report to learn more.
Additional Resources
An Introduction to NCSES
Watch a video to learn about the capabilities and resources of the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics.