Businessd R&D and Innovation Survey

BRD-1S(CT)
(11/12/14)

The online survey automatically skips
questions that do not apply to your
company and checks for common errors.

A SMART SURVEY SAVES TIME

We understand that fulfilling your
company’s obligation to complete the
Business R&D and Innovation Survey
(BRD-1S) can be time consuming. That is
why we have introduced several tools to
aid you in this task on the survey’s website:
https://econhelp.census.gov/ brdscr

YOUR TIME IS
IMPORTANT!!!

https://econhelp.census.gov/brdscr

Find question-by-question instructions on
the “Forms & Instructions” page and the
answers to frequently asked questions on
the “FAQs” page on the survey website:

IN-DEPTH INSTRUCTIONS

Don’t worry if you find a mistake after
submitting your survey – you can resubmit
the survey if you need to make corrections.

For your records, you can save your survey
data to a PDF by clicking “Tools” then
“View/Print report as PDF”.

You can exit the online survey and come
back as many times as necessary. Your
work will be saved on secure Census
Bureau servers.

Use the User ID and Password located
in the letter we mailed to you to file your
survey online.

Key your data using the online survey and
the uploaded data will be checked for any
errors.

For technical or content related questions,
call 1-800-851-2014 (option ‘0’) between
8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. ET, Monday
through Friday.

For general survey guidelines or questions,
call 1-800-772-7851 (option ‘1’ for English,
then option ‘5’ to speak with a survey
specialist) between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
ET, Monday through Friday.

CONTACT US

The Excel worksheets are designed to help
you collect and consolidate information
within your company. For more
information, go to the survey’s website.

Download Microsoft Excel versions of the
survey, located on the survey’s website.

EXCEL WORKSHEETS

https://econhelp.census.gov/brdscr

To log in to the online survey, click the
“Survey Log in” button, located on the
survey’s website:

SECURE ONLINE REPORTING

FLEXIBLE DATA ENTRY

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