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National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES)
Application Details
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About the Agency
The National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) is a principal
statistic agency located within the National Science Foundation and is authorized by
Section 505 of the
America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010
. NCSES's mandate is the collection, interpretation, analysis, and dissemination of
objective data on the science and engineering enterprise.
Our Mission
NCSES is responsible for statistical data on the following broad areas of interest:
Research and Development
The science and engineering workforce
U.S. competitiveness in science, engineering, technology, and R&D
The condition and progress of STEM education in the United States
Our Core Activities
As one of 13 federal statistical agencies, NCSES designs, supports, and directs
periodic national surveys and performs a variety of other data collections and
research. The following activities form the core of NCSES work:
The collection, acquisition, analysis, reporting, and dissemination of statistical
data related to the United States and other nations
Support of research that uses NCSES data
Methodological research in areas related to its work
Education and training of researchers in the use of large-scale nationally
representative data sets
Our Data Products
NCSES allows eligible individuals the opportunity to apply for access, through the
ResearchDataGov site, to restricted data files for select statistical research
projects at NCSES’s Secure Data Access Facility and through the Federal Statistical
Research Data Centers (FSRDCs). In addition, NCSES makes data available through our
online data tools, data tables, data profiles, and public use microdata files. For
more information about all these options, please see the
Explore Data page on the
NCSES website.
Researchers are often interested in matching NCSES data to other non-NCSES data sources.
Individuals interested in matching data should review the
NCSES Policy on Matching Non-NCSES Data to Restricted Use Data Sets (35 KB) to better understand how NCSES
considers these requests. NCSES is updating their data linkage policy to better meet the data linkage needs of
NCSES and external researchers. Currently, NCSES does not support researcher access to direct Personally
Identifiable Information (PII). NCSES encourages researchers interested in developing an SAP application that
includes linking NCSES restricted data to non-NCSES data sources to contact NCSES at
NCSES_Licensing@nsf.gov to assess feasibility and appropriateness.
For more general information on National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) products and programs,
email us at NCSES_Licensing@nsf.gov.
Application Details
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