Subject: NIST/ATP data enclave at NORC
From: Daniel Feenberg (feenberg@nber.org)
Date: Tue Jun 19 2007 - 16:25:18 EDT
Julia Lane at NORC has asked me to distribute the following about the
availability of firm data through a new research data enclave.
Daniel Feenberg
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Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:05:21 -0500
From: Lane-Julia <Lane-Julia@norc.org>
To: Daniel Feenberg <feenberg@nber.org>
Subject: FW: Help on disseminating information about NORC's data enclave
Subject Line: Data Enclave Opening: NIST/ATP Innovation and Kauffman
Foundation Data to be available
The National Institute of Standards and Technology's Advanced Technology
Program (ATP), the Kauffman Foundation and the National Opinion Research
Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago are pleased to announce the
opening of a new data enclave ( http://dataenclave.norc.org
<http://dataenclave.norc.org/> ).
The data enclave will:
(1) Promote secure researcher access to data that can be used to
examine entrepreneurship and firm-level behavior,
(2) Develop a research community of professors, graduate students, and
institutional researchers interested in business behavior and
innovation, and
(3) Promote top quality research while protecting the confidentiality
of business information.
For over 15 years ATP (http://www.atp.nist.gov/ ) has funded and
monitored firms in creating and commercializing advanced technology. ATP
has created a unique source of innovation data that researchers can use
to study:
* Entrepreneurship and innovation
* Early stage technology development
* Commercialization of high-risk R&D.
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation of Kansas City is a private,
nonpartisan foundation that works with partners to advance
entrepreneurship in America and improve the education of children and
youth. The Kauffman Firm Survey (KFS), currently in its third round of
collection, is a panel survey of new firms. 4,931 businesses that
started in 2004 were surveyed as part of the baseline study, with 88%
retention of the panel in year 2. The first two rounds of data from the
KFS will be released in November through the NORC Data Enclave and also
through a public-use file. More information on the KFS and its release
will be available at the 2007 Kauffman Symposium on Entrepreneurship and
Innovation Data ( www.kauffman.org/datasymposium).
In the first phase of the enclave, we will provide access to a limited
number of research groups, as we optimize the procedures and processes
for secured access to ATP data. These initial members will receive an
early opportunity to publish findings from these data, substantial data
assistance, and a greater opportunity to influence enclave content and
procedures. The ATP program is also considering providing scholarships
to a limited number of graduate students and junior researchers who wish
to work with the data. Access to Kauffman Foundation data will be made
available in November.
The deadline to apply for inclusion in the initial phase is August 31,
2007 . For those not accepted in the initial phase, a second phase will
be announced in the fall of this year.
More information about the data enclave is available at
http://dataenclave.norc.org/. You may also contact Tim Mulcahy, the
Program Manager, at 202-223-3789. To get on the mailing list for
updates about the data enclave or on scholarship availability, please
register at dataenclave@NORC.org.
We also invite you to attend two events at the Academy of Management
annual meetings in August:
* An information reception at the Philadelphia Marriot on August 5,
2007 6:30 - 8:30 pm , sponsored by the Kauffmann Foundation
* A symposium entitled "New Approaches to Accessing Confidential
Business Data" on Monday, August 6, 2007 currently scheduled for 8:30 -
10:20 am at the Philadelphia Marriott, Franklin 12.
Remember, if you wish to be part of the initial phase, you must apply
before August 31, 2007.
Julia Lane
Senior Vice President
Director, Economics, Labor and Population
NORC/University of Chicago
DC Office Ph 202.887.2337; Fax 202.223.6104
Chicago Office Ph 312.325.2584 Fax: 312.759.4004
Home page: http://client.norc.org/jole/SOLEweb/JLHome.html
