Statistical Reports on Research and Development Funding and Performance
1. Annual Business Survey: 2022 (Data Year 2021)
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Public Comment: These detailed tables present additional data from the 2022 Annual Business Survey (ABS) (data year 2021), including on critical and emerging technologies. The ABS is the primary source of data on research and development of for-profit, nonfarm businesses with one to nine employees operating in the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. The ABS also collects data on innovation, technology, intellectual property, research activities at nonprofit organizations, financing, management practice, company information, and business owner characteristics of business of all sizes. The 2022 ABS is the fifth year of the ABS. The survey is conducted annually by the Census Bureau for the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics within the National Science Foundation.
Document History: Posted:  October 30, 2023. 

2. Elementary and Secondary STEM Education
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Document History: Posted:  October 26, 2023. 

3. U.S. Nonprofits' R&D Performance Totaled $27 Billion in FY 2021
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Document History: Posted:  October 23, 2023. 

4. Nonprofit Research Activities Survey: FY 2021
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Document History: Posted:  October 23, 2023. 

5. Academic Research and Development
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Document History: Posted:  October 5, 2023. 

6. Business R&D Performance in the United States Tops $600 Billion in 2021
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Document History: Posted:  October 3, 2023. 

7. Business Enterprise Research and Development: 2021
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Document History: Posted:  October 3, 2023. 

8. Federal Obligations for R&D Increased Nearly 14% in FY 2021, Supported by COVID-19 Pandemic-Related Funding
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Document History: Posted:  September 28, 2023. 

9. FFRDC Research and Development Expenditures: Fiscal Year 2022
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Document History: Posted:  September 6, 2023. 

10. Federally Funded R&D Centers Spent $26.5 Billion on R&D in FY 2022
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Document History: Posted:  September 6, 2023. 

11. State Government Agency Expenditures for R&D, by Geographic Area and Function: FY 2021
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Document History: Posted:  July 6, 2023. 

12. United States Exceeds $700 Billion in Gross Domestic Expenditures on R&D in 2020
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Document History: Posted:  June 22, 2023. 

13. Business Sector Increases Funding for Basic Research
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Document History: Posted:  June 14, 2023. 

14. Federally Funded R&D Declines as a Share of GDP and Total R&D
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Document History: Posted:  June 14, 2023. 

15. Recent Increase in R&D to GDP Ratio Driven by Increases in Experimental Development
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Document History: Posted:  June 14, 2023. 

16. California Leads in Innovative Capacity of U.S. States as Measured by U.S. R&D Expenditures
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Document History: Posted:  June 14, 2023. 

17. One-Fifth of USPTO Semiconductor Utility Patents Granted to Residents of Santa Clara County, California between 2000 and 2020
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Document History: Posted:  June 5, 2023. 

18. Coastal Counties in the West and Northeast Lead the United States in Biotechnology Utility Patents Granted to Residents between 2000 and 2020
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Document History: Posted:  June 1, 2023. 

19. Great Lakes, Coastal, and Southwest Counties Have Highest Numbers of Environmental Technologies Utility Patents Granted between 2000 and 2020
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Document History: Posted:  June 1, 2023. 

20. Product Innovation and Race or Ethnicity of Primary Business Owner
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Document History: Posted:  May 24, 2023. 

21. Product Innovation and Sex of the Primary Business Owner
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Document History: Posted:  May 24, 2023. 

22. Minority-Owned U.S. Businesses Account for 20% of Domestic Microbusiness R&D Performance Costs
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Document History: Posted:  May 24, 2023. 

23. Male Majority-Owned Microbusinesses Performed 80% of Domestic R&D Costs
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Document History: Posted:  May 24, 2023. 

24. Among Microbusinesses, Domestic R&D Performance Increased by 24% from 2018 to 2020
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Document History: Posted:  May 24, 2023. 

25. Geographic Distribution of Nonprofit R&D Performance in FY 2020
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Document History: Posted:  May 9, 2023. 

26. California Accounted for a Quarter of U.S. Value-Added Production by R&D-Intensive Industries in 2020
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Document History: Posted:  May 8, 2023. 

27. Business Enterprise Research and Development: 2020
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Document History: Posted:  May 2, 2023. 

28. Federal Obligations for R&D and R&D Plant to Nonprofit Organizations, by Selected Agencies: FY 2020
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Document History: Posted:  April 17, 2023. 

29. Women Made Up Over a Quarter of All Business R&D Employees in 2020
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Document History: Posted:  March 20, 2023. 

30. Businesses Invested $32.5 Billion in Assets to Support Their R&D Activities in the United States in 2020
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Document History: Posted:  March 17, 2023.