HERD Population Screening of Institutions

ATTACHMENT 7

FY 2010 Higher Education R&D population screening questionnaire

FORM APPROVED

OMB No. 3145-0100

Expiration Date: TBD

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

ARLINGTON, VA 22230

HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SURVEY

FY 2010 POPULATION REVIEW QUESTIONNAIRE

The National Science Foundation (NSF), a federal government agency, is charged with collecting and reporting information on research and development activity in the United States. As part of this mission, NSF collects information about R&D performed at colleges and universities.

This brief survey is about expenditures at your institution for sponsored research and other R&D activities set up in a specific account. NSF is requesting this information from all institutions in the United States granting bachelors’ or higher degrees to:

(1) establish a complete accounting of total R&D expenditures within the higher education sector, and

(2) select R&D-performing institutions for inclusion in the FY 2010 Higher Education R&D (HERD) Survey.

If your institution meets our threshold for R&D expenditures, you will be asked to participate in the larger FY 2010 HERD survey that requests R&D expenditures reported by various categories.

Your participation in this survey provides important information on the national level of R&D activity. NSF is authorized to collect this information under the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended. Your institution’s response is entirely voluntary. Your institution will be treated equally in future governmental decisions whether you provide all, some, or none of the requested survey information.

Questions?

Ronda Britt

Division of Science Resources Statistics

National Science Foundation

[email protected]

(703) 292-7765

Response to this survey is estimated to require 2 hours. If you wish to comment on this burden, please contact Suzanne H. Plimpton of NSF at (703) 292-7556, or e-mail [email protected].

Thank you for your participation.

Before answering the questions on the next two pages, please consider the following definitions:

Separately budgeted R&D expenditures include all funds expended for activities specifically organized to conduct R&D. R&D expenditures include both externally funded “sponsored research” and internally funded research.

Research is creative work conducted systematically to extend scientific knowledge or devise new or improved applications.

Development is the systematic use of knowledge or understanding gained from research for the production of useful materials, devices, systems, or methods, including the design and development of prototypes and processes.

R&D includes:

R&D does not include:

Expenditures from research grants awarded by federal agencies, state government, industry, or nonprofit organizations and foundations Indirect costs associated with research grant expenditures Expenditures on activities that produce findings that could be published in academic journals or patented Internally funded expenditures for specific faculty research projects Internally funded expenditures for faculty to develop new or improved products or applications

Non-research training grants Curriculum development Economic development programs Faculty development Public service grants Program or course evaluation Market research Routine testing or other support services for research conducted outside your college

During your institution’s fiscal year 2010, did your institution have any separately budgeted R&D expenditures?
			Yes   Go to Question 2
		No   Go to Question 3

(Questions continue on page 3.)

How much of your total expenditures for separately budgeted R&D came from the following sources in FY 2010? Include both direct and recovered indirect costs in rows a, b, c, d, and f. Report the original source of funds, when possible. Include all fields of R&D: sciences, engineering, humanities, education, law, arts, etc.
					R&D expenditures
Source of funds					(Dollars in thousands) (for example, report $25,342 as $25)
	a. U.S. federal government Any agency of the United States government. Include federal funds passed through from another institution.				$______
	b. State and local government Any state, county, municipality, or other local government entity in the United States, including state health agencies. Include state funds that support R&D at agricultural and other experiment stations. Public institutions: Report state appropriations restricted for R&D activities here rather than in Institutional funds.				$______
	c. Business Domestic or foreign for-profit organizations. (Report funds from a company’s nonprofit foundation in row d.)				$______
	d. Nonprofit organizations Domestic or foreign nonprofit foundations and organizations.				$______
	e. Institutional funds Include the following types of internally funded R&D:			$______
	Expenditures of university funds from unrestricted sources that are separately budgeted for organized research Committed cost sharing Unrecovered indirect costs
	You may calculate this amount as follows for your externally funded R&D (preferably on a project-specific basis) using the appropriate cost rate—on-campus, off-campus, etc. First, multiply the negotiated rate by the corresponding base. Second, subtract recovered indirect costs.
	f. All other sources Other sources not reported above, such as funds from foreign governments.				$______
	g. Total				$______

Question 3. In what month did your institution’s 2010 fiscal year end?

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Question 4. Who should we contact regarding the above information?
Name	_________________ ___________ _
Title or office	_________________ ___________ _
Building/Department	_________________ ___________ _
Street address	_________________ ___________ _
City, state, and zip code	_________________ ___________ _
Phone number	_________________ ___________ _
Email address	_________________ ___________ _

Thank you for completing this questionnaire. If you have any additional comments, please use the space below:
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