Public comment on the Survey of State Government Research and Development (SGRD) is due by January 20, 2026 to the U.S. Census Bureau.
This is an unchanged extension of an existing data collection.
The Survey of State Government Research and Development (SGRD) is used “to measure research and development performed and funded by state government agencies in the United States. The Census Bureau conducts the survey on behalf of the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) within the U.S. National Science Foundation.”
“The SGRD is the only comprehensive source of state government research and development expenditure data collected on a nationwide scale using uniform definitions, concepts, and procedures. The collection covers the expenditures of all agencies in the fifty state governments, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico that perform or fund R&D. The NCSES coordinates with the Census Bureau for the data collection. The NCSES uses this collection to satisfy, in part, its need to collect research and development expenditures data.”
“Fiscal data provided by respondents aid data users in measuring the effectiveness of R&D resource allocation. The products of this data collection make it possible for data users to obtain information on such things as R&D expenditures according to source of funding ( e.g., federal funds or state funds), by performer of the work ( e.g., intramural and extramural to state agencies), by function ( e.g., agriculture, energy, health, transportation, etc.), by type of work ( e.g., basic research, applied research, or experimental development) for intramural performance of R&D, and by R&D plant ( e.g., construction projects). Final results produced by NCSES contain state and national estimates useful to a variety of data users interested in R&D performance including: The National Science Board; the Office of Management and Budget; the Office of Science and Technology Policy and other science policy makers; institutional researchers; and private organizations. SGRD and all NCSES R&D statistics are used by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) to fully and accurately reflect the impact of R&D spending on the U.S. economy. BEA uses NCSES R&D data to make estimates of R&D investment in Gross Domestic products and in the National, Regional, Industry, and International Economic Accounts.”
- Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Survey of State Government Research and Development https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/21/2025-20555/agency-information-collection-activities-submission-to-the-office-of-management-and-budget-omb-for
