National Science Foundation
Arden L. Bement, Jr.
Acting Director
Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences
Wanda E. Ward
Acting Assistant Director
| Division of Science Resources Statistics | |
| Lynda T. Carlson Division Director |
Mary J. Frase Deputy Director |
Ronald S. Fecso Chief Statistician |
|
Science and Engineering Indicators Program
Rolf F. Lehming
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.
If you have any comments or suggestions about this or any other SRS product or report, we would like to hear from you. Please direct your comments to:
June 2004
Information and data from the Division of Science Resources Statistics are available on the Web at http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/. To request a printed copy of this report go to http://www.nsf.gov/publications/orderpub.jsp or call (703) 292-PUBS (7827). For NSF's Telephonic Device for the Deaf, dial toll-free (800) 281-8749 or (703) 292-5090.
This report was prepared by Jerome T. Bentley and Donald E. Wise of Mathtech, Inc., Princeton, New Jersey. Alan Rapoport and Rolf Lehming, Science and Engineering Indicators Program, Division of Science Resources Statistics (SRS), of the National Science Foundation (NSF), provided overall direction and guidance for this report. Mary J. Frase, SRS Deputy Division Director, supplied thoughtful and thorough review of the work. Ronald S. Fecso, SRS Chief Statistician, reviewed early drafts of the report. Other current and former NSF staff attended a number of discussions and seminars about the project and provided useful comments and suggestions. These include Norman M. Bradburn, Joan S. Burrelli, Lynda T. Carlson, Mary J. Golladay, Susan T. Hill, Kelly H. Kang, Nirmala Kannankutty, Mark C. Regets, and Miron Straf.
Tanya R. Gore and Cheryl S. Roesel of the SRS Information and Technology Services Program (ITSP) provided editorial assistance and final composition for this report. Peg Whalen, ITSP, oversaw electronic publication.