R&D is conducted by highly specialized personnel and includes the following tasks:
Researchers:
- creating new knowledge and new applications of knowledge
- planning and managing R&D projects
- Writing up research results
Supporting R&D personnel
- providing scientific and technical support services for R&D projects (e.g. dedicated computing, library and documentation work, laboratory testing)
- providing administrative support concerning financial and personnel aspects of R&D projects.
Statistics on R&D personnel can be created using the following indicators. We distinguish between researchers on the one hand and total personnel (= researchers + supporting R&D personnel) on the other. :
In head counts (HC)
- total R&D personnel in HC
- total female R&D personnel in HC
- researchers in HC
- female researchers in HC
- technicians and other personnel in HC
- female technicians and other personnel in HC
In full-time equivalents (FTE)
- total R&D personnel in FTE
- total female R&D personnel in FTE
- researchers in FTE
- female researchers in FTE
- technicians and other personnel in FTE
- female technicians and other personnel in FTE