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Higher Education Research and Development 2022

Published by National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics | National Science Foundation | Metadata Last Checked: June 26, 2025 | Last Modified: 2023-11-30
The Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey is the primary source of information on R&D expenditures at U.S. colleges and universities. The survey collects information on R&D expenditures by field of research and source of funds and also gathers information on types of research, expenses, and R&D personnel. The survey is an annual census of institutions that expended at least $150,000 in separately accounted for R&D in the fiscal year. This dataset includes HERD assets for 2022.

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Complete Metadata

bureauCode 
[
  "422:00:00"
]
dataQuality true
identifier NCSES-HERD2022
isPartOf NCSES-HERD
issued 2023-11-30
language 
[
  "English"
]
programCode 
[
  "422:006"
]
spatial United States
temporal 1953/2022
theme 
[
  "Research and Development"
]

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