National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

• academic R&D funding by mode of support, reference 1, appendix table 2-8
• funding for FCCSET initiatives, figure 4-17, appendix table 4-21
• R&D support, reference 1, reference 2, figures 4-13, 4-14, text tables 4-3, 4-4, appendix tables 4-10, 4-11, 4-13, 4-14, 4-17

National commitment indicator, reference 1, figure 6-27, appendix table 6-30

National competitiveness indicators, reference 1, reference 2, reference 3, figure 6-27, appendix table 6-30

National Competitiveness Technology Transfer Act (NCTTA), reference 1

National Cooperative Research Act (NCRA) of 1984, reference 1

National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88), reference 1, reference 2, reference 3

National Institutes of Health, (NIH)

• academic R&D funding by mode of support, reference 1, figure 5-6, appendix table 2-8
• NIH Survey of Public Understanding of Biomedical Concepts, 1993, reference 1
• R&D support, reference 1, reference 2

National Science Foundation (NSF)

• academic R&D funding by mode of support, reference 1, figure 5-6, appendix table 2-8
• funding for FCCSET initiatives, figure 4-17, appendix table 4-21
• NSF Survey of Public Understanding of Science and technology, 1979-1992, reference 1
• R&D support, reference 1, figure 4-13, appendix tables 4-10, 4-11, 4-17

• academic employment and R&D involvement of doctoral scientists and engineers, text table 5-5, appendix table 5-16
• degrees, bachelors, figure 2-13, appendix tables 2-20, 2-21, 2-22
• precollege students, SAT math scores, reference 1, figure 1-8, appendix table 1-23
• proportions of doctoral S&E workforce, text table 3-5

Natural sciences

• degrees
  • associate, text table 2-5, appendix table 2-18
  • bachelors, reference 1, reference 2, reference 3, figures 2-5, 2-12, appendix tables 2-5, 2-19
  • first, by region, figure 2-2, appendix table 2-2
  • masters, figure 2-6, appendix table 2-5
• foreign students in graduate programs, reference 1, figure 2-16, appendix tables 2-24, 2-28
• graduate enrollments, reference 1, figure 2-14, figure 2-15, appendix tables 2-23, 2-24
• graduate student financial support, figure 2-20, appendix table 2-33
• as planned major of National Merit Scholars, reference 1, figure 2-10, appendix table 2-13

• employed full time, figure 3-8, appendix table 3-7
• immigrant
  • admitted to U.S. on permanent visas, figure 3-16, appendix table 3-18
  • from the former Soviet Union, text table 3-6
• median annual salaries, figure 3-10, appendix table 3-12
• minority representation in S&E labor force, figure 3-14, appendix table 3-17
• unemployment rates, figure 3-9, appendix table 3-11

NCTTA (National Competitiveness Technology Transfer Act), reference 1

Near East, immigrant scientists and engineers from, reference 1, figure 3-15, appendix table 3-18

NELS:88 (National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988), reference 1, reference 2, reference 3

Netherlands, The

• assessment of scientific research, figure 7-13, appendix table 7-15
• informedness on scientific issues, figure 7-4, appendix table 7-6
• interest in scientific issues, figure 7-3, appendix table 7-3
• R&D
  • employment by affiliates of U.S. companies in, figure 3-7, appendix table 3-5
  • performed for affiliates of U.S. companies in, text table 4-6
  • performed in the U.S. by affiliates of companies in, text table 4-7
• scientific term and concept knowledge, figure 7-17, appendix table 7-22

Nonmanufacturing employment, reference 1, reference 2, reference 3, reference 4, appendix table 3-1

North America

• NS&E first degrees awarded in, reference 1, reference 2, reference 3, figure 2-1, figure 2-2, appendix table 2-1
• S&E first degrees awarded in, reference 1, reference 2, reference 3, figure 2-1, figure 2-2, appendix table 2-1

Nuclear engineering

• doctoral unemployment, underemployment, and employment rates, text table 3-3
• minorities as a proportion of doctoral S&E workforce, text table 3-5
• women as a proportion of doctoral S&E workforce, text table 3-5

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