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From: Denis Healy [mailto:dhealy@nber.org]
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2014 11:17 AM
To: Neil Ruiz
Subject: NBER Call for Research Proposals: Productivity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program

NBER Productivity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program

Call for Research Proposals

Deadline: February 1, 2015

The NBER Productivity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (PIE) Program is seeking proposals for research grants in Entrepreneurship, Innovation Policy and Digitization.

Funding is available for eight grants in total: three grants of
$20,000 in the area of Innovation Policy, three grants of $20,000 in the area of Entrepreneurship, and 2 grants of $15,000 in Digitization.

The Innovation Policy group encourages proposals focusing on a range of issues, including, but not limited to academic technology transfer, the impact of the intellectual property system, scientific and engineering workforce issues, the impact of policy on technological entrepreneurship, antitrust and innovation, and the provision of innovation incentives.

The Entrepreneurship group encourages proposals focusing on a diverse set of policy issues around entrepreneurship and its impact on the economy. Examples are the impact of new funding models for the growth and financing of entrepreneurship, the decision to enter or exit entrepreneurship, the role of start ups in job creation and innovation or implications of labor market and other regulations for the entrepreneurial eco-system.

The Digitization group encourages proposals on topics related to the causes behind the growth of digital technologies and the consequences from their increasing use. These topics include studies of the role of copyright and commons in shaping digital economic activity, the economics of privacy and online security, and how new models of advertising alters the shape of online activities. Special attention will be given to proposals measuring important aspects of the transition in media markets, organizational change due to increasing digitization, and the role of digitization in innovation, entrepreneurship and productivity.

Grantees are not expected to be resident at the NBER, and can use the funds for a variety of purchases, including data acquisition and travel related to the research topic. Preference will be given to junior scholars whose research focuses on the economics of innovation and/or entrepreneurship. To apply, please submit a proposal of not more than 2 pages, along with a CV, by February 1, 2015 to <mailto:dhealy@nber.org>dhealy@nber.org.

Winners will be notified by March 1, 2015.

The Innovation Policy and Entrepreneurship Working Groups are supported by the Kauffman Foundation, the Economics of Digitization Project is supported by the Sloan Foundation, and all are part of the NBER PIE Program (see <http://www.nber.org/workinggroups/>http://www.nber.org/workinggroups/
for more information).