National Science Foundation
Rita R. Colwell
Director
Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences
Norman M. Bradburn
Assistant Director
| Division of Science Resources Statistics | |
| Lynda T. Carlson Division Director |
Mary J. Frase Deputy Director |
| Ronald S. Fecso Chief Statistician |
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Human Resources Statistics Program
Mary J. Golladay
Program Director
Division of Science Resources Statistics
The Division of Science Resources Statistics (SRS) fulfills the legislative mandate
of the National Science Foundation Act to ...
To carry out this mandate, SRS designs, supports, and directs periodic surveys as well as a variety of other data collections and research projects. These surveys yield the materials for SRS staff to compile, analyze, and disseminate quantitative information about domestic and international resources devoted to science, engineering, and technology.
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July 2002
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This report was prepared by Robert P. Morgan, a consultant to the Division of Science Resources Statistics (SRS), National Science Foundation under guidance and review from Kelly H. Kang, Senior Analyst and Mary J. Golladay, Program Director of Human Resources Statistics Program (HRS). Further guidance and review was provided by Mary J. Frase, Deputy Director, and Ronald S. Fecso, Chief Statistician.
Author is grateful to Nirmala Kannankutty and Mark Regets for helpful discussions and advice. SRS extends its sincere appreciation to the internal reviewers, Alan Rapoport, R. Keith Wilkinson, Leslie Christovich, and Linda Parker for their many helpful comments. Maurya M. Green, HRS, provided assistance in report preparation. Tanya R. Gore, Julia H. Harriston, and Rolfe Larson of the Information and Technology Services Program (ITSP) of SRS provided editing, processing, and final composition for this report. John R. Gawalt, Program Director of the ITSP, and his Web team handled electronic publication.