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Measuring the Impacts of Federal Investments in Research : A Workshop Summary by Steve Olson and Stephen Merrill, rapporteurs; Committee on Measuring Economic and Other Returns on Federal Research Investments; Board on Science, Technology, and Ecionomic Policy; Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy, Policy and Global Affairs, the National Academies is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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"The enactment of the America COMPETES Act in 2006 (and its reauthorization in 2010), the increase in research expenditures under the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), and President Obama's general emphasis on the contribution of science and technology to economic growth have all heightened interest in the role of scientific and engineering research in creating jobs, generating innovative technologies, spawning new industries, improving health, and producing other economic and societal benefits. Along with this interest has come a renewed emphasis on a question that has been asked for decades: Can the impacts and practical benefits of research to society be measured either quantitatively or qualitatively? On April 18-19, 2011, the Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy (STEP) and the Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy (COSEPUP) of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine, held a workshop to examine this question. The workshop sought to assemble the range of work that has been done in measuring research outcomes and to provide a forum to discuss its method. The workshop was moti
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- Author
- Steve Olson and Stephen Merrill, rapporteurs; Committee on Measuring Economic and Other Returns on Federal Research Investments; Board on Science, Technology, and Ecionomic Policy; Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy, Policy and Global Affairs, the National Academies
- Publisher
- National Academies Press
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780309217514
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Education, Political Science, Economics
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