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Useful Stats: New NSF Industrial R&D Portal
The National Science Foundation has launched the new, online Industrial Research and Development Information System (IRIS) to provide easy access to information on industrial R&D performance across a broad range of years and criteria.
The historical database (1953–1998) contains more than 2,500 statistical tables presenting R&D expenditures as a percentage of company sales, by industry, size of company, size of R&D program, type of cost (e.g., wages or materials), state, and source of funds. Data also is arranged to allow easy manipulation of trends analyses and state-by-state comparisons.
A late-September Data Brief from the Foundation (NSF 01-338) describes the new system and provides examples of its value for the S&T community. For more information, see http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/databrf/nsf01338/sdb01338.htm