SGRD Survey Instrument

FY 2014 and FY 2015
Survey of State Government R&D
Reference Copy Only
Submit your survey responses at:
https://respond.census.gov/sgrd

Survey Questions

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The purpose of this survey is to measure your state’s contributions toward scientific and technological
advances. The results of this survey will be used to estimate national totals for R&D in conjunction
with other data collected by the National Science Foundation from private industry, academic
institutions, and the federal government.
The Survey of State Government R&D is conducted by the National Science Foundation with the
Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau as the collection agent. Your participation is
voluntary.
If you have any questions, please
contact:
Lisa McNelis
U.S. Census Bureau
1-888-340-7525
erd.sgrd@census.gov

Burden Statement

OMB: 0607-0933
Exp: 05/31/2016

Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of
information unless such collection displays a valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control
number. The OMB Control number for this survey is displayed at above.
The Time required to complete these responses is estimated to be approximately 90 minutes for the
state coordinator and 4 hours for agency respondents.
The burden on state coordinators includes the initial identification of department and agency
contacts, monitoring of department and agency responses, and final review and verification of state
data.
The burden on agency respondents includes the initial collection of data and the entry of data into the
Web application.
Send comments about this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information,
including suggestions for reducing burden to:
Paperwork Project 0607-0933
U.S. Census Bureau
4700 Silver Hill Road, Stop 1500
Washington, DC 20233-1500
You may e-mail comments to Paperwork@census.gov; use "Paperwork Project 0607-0933" as the
subject.

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