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Science and Engineering Indicators
Science and Engineering Indicators reports provide high-quality quantitative information on the U.S. and international science and engineering enterprise.
Indicators consists of detailed thematic or focus area reports, a state data tool and a congressionally mandated report delivered biennially to the president and Congress that highlights important trends from across the focus areas.
Indicators thematic reports
The STEM Labor Force: Scientists, Engineers, and Skilled Technical Workers (May 2024)
Research and Development: U.S. Trends and International Comparisons (May 2024)
Production and Trade of Knowledge- and Technology-Intensive Industries (April 2024)
The State of U.S. Science and Engineering 2024 (March 2024)
Invention, Knowledge Transfer, and Innovation (February 2024)
Science and Technology: Public Perceptions, Awareness, and Information Sources (February 2024)
State Indicators fact sheets
NSB policy reports
Connected Horizons: New Opportunities in a Changed Landscape
Published 2024
Talent is the Treasure
Published 2024
The U.S. is a Keystone of Global Science & Engineering
Published 2022
Vision 2030
Published 2020
NSB one-pagers
NSF Investments Are Key to US Leadership in AI & Quantum
Published 2025
A Changed Science and Engineering Landscape
Published 2024
Vision 2030 One-Pager
Published 2020
Indicators: Foreign-Born Students and Workers in the U.S. Science and Engineering Enterprise
Published 2020
The Skilled Technical Workforce: Crafting America’s Science & Engineering Enterprise
Published 2019
Indicators: The Rise of China in Science and Engineering
Published 2018
STEM Workforce I: Not One But Many
Published 2016
STEM Workforce II: Pathways Not Pipelines
Published 2016
Indicators: Higher Education as a Public and Private Good
Published 2016
NSF Merit Review Reports
These reports to the National Science Board include data on proposals and awards and other pertinent information, as well as descriptions of special activities that NSF has undertaken in support of the merit review process.
OIG Semiannual Reports to Congress
The NSF Office of Inspector General (OIG) reports semiannually to the head of NSF and Congress on their offices' activities during the 6-month periods ending March 31 and September 30.
The Chair of the National Science Board transmits these reports, as well as the NSF management responses to the reports, to the following congressional committees:
- House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.