Acknowledgments and Citation

Acknowledgments

The National Science Board's Committee on National Science and Engineering Policy would like to thank the staff of the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics within the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and to the many others, too numerous to list individually, who contributed to the preparation and review of this report.

The following agencies reviewed this report:

Bureau of Economic Analysis

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Census Bureau

Department of Energy

National Institutes of Health

NSF

Cover Image Credit

The image shows the inside of Limelight Steel's laser furnace prototype, which uses laser light to heat up iron ore and convert it into iron metal for use in the steel industry. (Research supported by U.S. National Science Foundation SBIR/STTR.)

Credit: Limelight Steel

Recommended Citation

National Science Board, Committee on National Science and Engineering Policy, National Science Foundation. 2026. Science and Engineering Indicators 2026: The State of U.S. Science and Engineering. NSB-SEP-2026-1. Alexandria, VA. Available at https://ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsbsep20261.