R&D personnel

Domain : Multi-domain statistics

Circuit : Science, technology and innovation

Modified : 2023-27-06

Term

R&D personnel

Area of use

Research and Development

Definition

R&D personnel includes persons employed directly in the field of R&D as well as persons providing direct services to R&D. In extent of conducted R&D activity and providing direct services to R&D the number of R&D personnel includes R&D employees, pedagogical staff at universities and colleges, health employees, employees in prototypes, employees accepted to educational stay, working proprietors and unpaid family workers, external personnel and doctoral students.

Source

Statistical Office of the SR

Unit of measure

Person / FTE

Method of calculation

FTE = sum of hours worked being devoted to R&D activity during the year under observation / 2000

Legal basis

Relation to international standards

OECD - FRASCATI manual 2015

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