Higher Education Research and Development Survey - population review

FORM APPROVED
OMB No. 3145-0100
Expiration Date: 08/31/2022

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
ALEXANDRIA, VA 22314

HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SURVEY
Population Review Questionnaire
Your institution’s inclusion in the FY 2020 Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey will be
based on your responses to the following five questions.

Question 1. During your institution’s FY 2019, did your institution have any R&D expenditures?
(Please see definitions below.)
Yes
No

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Go to Question 2.
Go to Question 3.

Research and development (R&D) is creative and systematic work undertaken in order to increase the stock of
knowledge — including knowledge of humankind, culture, and society — and to devise new applications of available
knowledge.
R&D expenditures
Include all expenditures for R&D activities from your institution’s current operating funds that are separately
accounted for. For purposes of this survey, R&D includes expenditures for organized research as defined by 2 CFR
Part 200 Appendix III and expenditures from funds designated for research.

R&D includes:

R&D does not include:

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Sponsored research (federal and nonfederal)

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Public service grants or outreach programs

•

University research (institutional funds that are
separately budgeted for individual R&D projects)

•

Curriculum development (unless included as part of an
overall research project)

•

Startup, bridge, or seed funding provided to
researchers within your institution

•

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Other departmental funds designated for research

R&D conducted by university faculty or staff at outside
institutions that is not accounted for in your financial
records

•

Recovered and unrecovered indirect costs

•

Estimates of the proportion of time budgeted for
instruction that is spent on research

•

Equipment purchased from R&D project accounts

•

•

R&D funds passed through to a subrecipient
organization, educational or other

Capital projects (i.e., construction or renovation of
research facilities)

•

Non-research training grants

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Clinical trials, Phases I, II, or III

•

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Research training grants funding work on
organized research projects

Unrecovered indirect costs that exceed your institution’s
federally negotiated Facilities and Administrative (F&A)
rate

•

Tuition remission provided to students working on
research
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Question 2. What were your institution’s total expenditures for R&D in FY 2019?
Less than $150,000
$150,000 to $999,999
$1,000,000 or more

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Question 3. During your institution’s FY 2020, did your institution have any, or do you expect to have any,
R&D expenditures?
Yes
No

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Go to Question 4.
Go to Question 5.

Question 4. What were your institution’s total expenditures for R&D in FY 2020? If final FY 2020 expenditures
are not yet available, please estimate.
Less than $150,000
$150,000 to $999,999
$1,000,000 or more

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Question 5. If your institution is included in the FY 2020 Higher Education Research and Development (HERD)
Survey, whom should we contact about the above information?
Name
Title
Institution name
Department/office
Mailing address (line 1)
Mailing address (line 2)
City, state, and ZIP code
Phone number
E-mail address

Thank you for completing this questionnaire.
If you have any questions, please contact ICF at [email protected] or (866) 936-9376.

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