Research Development Funding Program for Technology and Innovation
Research Projects
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_at_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
Received on Tue Oct 16 2007 - 10:43:54 EDT
