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The National Institute of
Standards and
Technology’s Technology Innovation Program[1]
and the National Opinion
Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago are pleased to
announce a
Research Development Funding Program for social science scholars
interested in
technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship research using a unique
new source
of firm level data available through the NORC data enclave (<http://dataenclave.norc.org
> ).
Research funding will be awarded in amounts up to $25,000 for the
2008-2009
program. There are three types of funding categories: 1. Dissertations: for junior scholars
wishing to use NIST innovation datasets through the enclave to write
dissertations 2. Database improvements: for scholars
willing to improve the quality of NIST innovation data by merging
outside
datasets, and providing documentation for other researchers 3. Methodological information that can be
used to provide information for the Technology Innovation Program.
These
might include ·
Defining
and
measuring critical national needs and societal benefits. ·
Examining
the role of
collaboration among firms and other organizations undertaking high-risk
R&D
projects. ·
Exploring
the
technology innovation process within firms. ·
Expanding
our
understanding of the role of public-private partnerships (federal,
state, and
local) on regional innovation. ·
Developing
evaluation
metrics and procedures whereby the process of innovation can be measured Researchers will be required
to report on research
progress and to share preliminary findings that may be of interest to
the
program. They will present a final paper at NORC-sponsored conference
in Fall
2009 to present their findings. Papers will be published as NIST
working papers,
which does not preclude publication in journals. The deadline to apply for
research funding to use NIST
data through the data enclave is December 31, 2007 . Research proposals should consist of
the following 1. Identification of the category into which
the proposal falls 2. A description of the proposed work (up to
ten pages) 3. The CV of the researcher 4. A budget together with a narrative
justification 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. [1]
In August 2007, the
American
Competes Act (PUBLIC LAW 110–69) created a new Technology Innovation
Program (TIP). The purpose of the
Technology
Innovation Program is to assist United States businesses and
institutions of
higher education or other organizations, such as national laboratories
and
nonprofit research institutions, to support, promote, and accelerate
innovation
in the United States through high-risk, high-reward research in areas
of
critical national need that deal with major societal challenges. 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 Nancy
L.
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