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Roesel, Cheryl, Ed. – National Science Foundation, 2010
The National Science Board (Board) is required under the National Science Foundation (NSF) Act, 42 U.S.C. (United States Code) Section 1863 (j) (1) to prepare and transmit the biennial "Science and Engineering Indicators" ("SEI") report to the President and to the Congress by January 15 of every even-numbered year. The report…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Engineering, Public Agencies, Engineering Education
Fossum, Donna; Eiseman, Elisa; Moreno, Connie S.; Painter, Lawrence S.; Blume-Kohout, Margaret E. – RAND Corporation, 2009
The Bayh-Dole Act of 1980 expressly gave colleges, universities, and other nonprofit entities the right, which had previously been presumptively held by the federal government itself, to patent inventions resulting from federally funded research and development (R&D) activities they conduct. In the nearly three decades since the Bayh-Dole Act…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Intellectual Property, Federal Government, Public Agencies
National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA. Div. of Science Resources Studies. – 1997
This report provides comparisons of U.S. and Japanese science resources and some initial evidence that Japan is expanding the human and financial resources for science while improving the environment for basic research. The data cover science and technology trends in research and development from 1975 to 1994, as well as more recent changes in…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Engineering Technology, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society)
Chronicle of Higher Education, 1989
The top 100 institutions in total federal obligations for fiscal 1987 in research and development are presented. Amounts shown represent total obligations from 15 federal agencies that accounted for about 95 percent of all federal obligations to universities and colleges in the United States. (MLW)
Descriptors: Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Educational Finance, Federal Aid
Chronicle of Higher Education, 1995
Data are presented on dollar amounts spent by the 100 colleges, universities, and schools of professional education spending the most for research and development in 1993. For each institution, the amounts of federal funds expended and total funds expended are given as is the institution's R & D spending rank. (MSE)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Expenditures, Federal Aid, Financial Support
National Science Foundation, 2008
This digest of key science and engineering indicators draws primarily from the National Science Board's two-volume "Science and Engineering Indicators, 2008" report. The digest serves two purposes: (1) to draw attention to important trends and data points from across the chapters and volumes of "Science and Engineering Indicators, 2008," and (2)…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Research and Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Engineering
Orr, Dominic – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2004
This paper argues that research assessment is of increasing importance as an instrument of New Public Management and within the context of efforts to establish a European Research Area. Specifically, it compares the procedures of research assessment in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Germany in an attempt to distil basic design…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Research Universities, Institutional Research
National Science Foundation, 2008
This report contains analyses of key aspects of the scope, quality, and vitality of the Nation's science and engineering enterprise and global science and technology. The report presents information on science, mathematics, and engineering education at all levels; the scientific and engineering workforce; U.S. and international and development…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Research and Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Engineering
National Science Foundation, 2008
Volume 1 of this two-volume report contains analyses of key aspects of the scope, quality, and vitality of the Nation's science and engineering enterprise and global science and technology. The report presents information on science, mathematics, and engineering education at all levels; the scientific and engineering workforce; U.S. and…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Research and Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Engineering
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Div. of Science Resources Studies. – 1991
This summary presents data derived from the Survey of Federal Support to Universities, Colleges, and Nonprofit Institutions: Fiscal Year 1989. The 15 federal agencies surveyed for the report provide virtually all funding for science and engineering (S/E) research and development (R&D) at universities and colleges, and the data presented in the…
Descriptors: Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Federal Aid, Financial Support
Daniel, Mark – 1983
The correlations of each of the 22 tests in the Johnson O'Connor Research Foundation battery with all other tests in the battery are listed. Four fairly large samples are used, each including cases of one sex and a narrow age range. These cases come from a file of 3,555 examinees tested between June 1981 and the fall of 1982. The purpose of…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Aptitude Tests, Comparative Analysis

Groth, Randall H.; And Others – SRA Journal of the Society of Research Administrators, 1992
Application of a multidimensional measure of university research activity, the Research Activity Index (RAI), is described and compared to the more common use of research and development expenditures as a criterion of activity. The RAI incorporates seven expenditure variables, three graduate-student-related variables, and a research library…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Expenditures
Machen, M. Marge – 1994
This document presents 1992 statistical data on science and engineering expenditures for separately budgeted research and development (R&D) programs that were obtained from over 450 institutions of higher education, including all doctorate-granting institutions, all historically black colleges, and universities with any R&D expenditures. Trend…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Engineering, Expenditures

Payson, Steven; Jankowski, John E., Jr. – 1996
This volume analyzes data from a National Science Foundation survey on the financial and human resources devoted to research and development (R&D) in the United States, and compares U.S. performance to that of other nations. After some general notes about National Science Foundation surveys and performer-reported bases, the text: (1)…
Descriptors: Business, Comparative Analysis, Economic Impact, Expenditures
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Div. of Science Resources Studies. – 1993
This report presents survey data from the Survey of Federal Support to Universities, Colleges, and Nonprofit Institutions for Fiscal Year 1991. This is a survey of the 15 Federal agencies that provide virtually all of the Federal funding for science and engineering research and development (R & D) at universities and colleges. Amounts for tuition…
Descriptors: Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Educational Equipment, Educational Facilities
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