NSF Survey of Nonprofit Research Activities (NPRA)

OMB 3145-0240

The NPRA Survey will provide essential data on the research and development activities performed and funded by nonprofit organizations in the U.S. The survey will allow NCSES to better understand the current range of nonprofits and help determine the most effective data collection questions and sampling protocols necessary to gather the nonprofit R&D expenditure data. The results of the survey will be another step toward producing valid and reliable estimates of nonprofit R&D activity in the U.S.

The latest form for NSF Survey of Nonprofit Research Activities (NPRA) expires 2021-02-28 and can be found here.

Latest Forms, Documents, and Supporting Material

Document Name
Attachment G. Propensity Models.pdf Supplementary Document
Attachment F - Likely Performer and Funder Sources.pdf Supplementary Document
Attachment E - NCCS Core File Description.pdf Supplementary Document
NPRA OMB Package Part A (112817).pdf Supporting Statement A
NPRA OMB Package Part B (112817).pdf Supporting Statement B
NPRA Screener Questions Other-Survey Screener Questions
NPRA Non-Respondent Debriefing Interviews Other-Debriefing protocol
NPRA Respondent Debriefing Interviews Other-Debriefing protocol
NSF Survey of Nonprofit Research Activities - Non-Performer Respondents Other-Survey
NSF Survey of Nonprofit Research Activities - Performer Respondents Other-Survey

All Historical Document Collections

201712-3145-001 Approved without change	Revision of a currently approved collection	2017-12-04
201605-3145-002 Approved without change	New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	2016-05-06

OMB Details

NSF Survey of Nonprofit Research Activities - Performer Respondents

Federal Enterprise Architecture: Education - Higher Education