Science, Technology and Patents

Biotechnology
OECD Programme description
Schedule ¹		Data and methodology			Contact
Transmission date	Submission date	Questionnaire ²	Methodology	Data frequency
Twice a year: February October	Twice a year: April December	Pre-filled tables updated by the respondent country	Guidelines 1 Guidelines 2	Annual	sti.contact@oecd.org

Research and Development (R&D) Statistics
OECD, Eurostat, UNESCO Programme description
Schedule ¹		Data and methodology			Contact
Transmission date	Submission date	Questionnaire ²	Methodology	Data frequency
Annually on a rolling basis	Annually on a rolling basis	Questionnaire 1 Questionnaire 2 Questionnaire 3 Questionnaire 4	Guidelines 1 Guidelines 2	Annual	RDSurvey@oecd.org

1.	When available, dates and timeliness requirements are only indicative and may be subject to change.
2.	As often as possible, the most up-to-date version of the questionnaire has been included in this list, however, there can be slight variations from version to version. In some cases, data and metadata are collected via Web Queries, online platforms and/or via SDMX and not via a questionnaire. In these cases, a list of data series requirements or classifications are made available.

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