>Please see the following announcement, save the dates, and forward
>to interested colleagues:
>http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/step/FederalResearchReturns/index.htm
If you are having trouble with the link, the information can be found below.
The registration form is here
http://nas.research-impact-workshop.sgizmo.com/s3/.
Here is their contact information if you need anything further:
Contact Us
Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy
Keck Center, Fifth Floor
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: 202.334.2200
Fax: 202.334.1505
Email: <mailto:dmullins_at_nas.edu>dmullins_at_nas.edu
Best,
Rob
MEASURING THE IMPACTS OF
FEDERAL INVESTMENTS IN RESEARCH
A Workshop
Monday-Tuesday, April 18-19, 2011
20 F Street (NW) Conference Center
Washington, D.C. 20001
<http://nas.Research-Impact-Workshop.sgizmo.com/s3/>REGISTER HERE
A
<http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/step/FederalResearchReturns/ssLINK/PGA_061269>committee
formed under the auspices of the
<http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/step/index.htm>Board on
Science, Technology, and Economic Policy (STEP) and
<http://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/cosepup/index.htm>Committee
on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (COSEPUP) is holding a
two-day workshop to identify analytical and data needs and
opportunities in assessing the returns to federal research funding
across a wide range of fields and government missions. The meeting
is targeted for:
* Federal agency research evaluators
* Congressional staff with research jurisdictions
* Science funding advocates
* Science of science policy scholars
* Other academics
Questions to be discussed include:
* What have we learned from previous efforts to measure the
economic and noneconomic benefits of federal research investments?
* What are the links between health research and health outcomes
and costs?
* Can we measure the impact of research on non-market values such
as climate change mitigation, food security, environmental
protection, and national security?
* What progress has been made in constructing a long-term data
infrastructure for measuring research impacts? Can approaches such as
STAR Metrics be broadened to encompass different performers and
funding mechanisms?
* What methods and metrics are being used in Europe, Latin
America, and elsewhere?
* What metrics and data are needed to track career choices and
career development of STEM graduates trained with research funds?
* How might we assess the influence of research on formal (e.g.,
regulatory, judicial) and informal (e.g., consumer, patient) decision-making?
A complete
<http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/step/FederalResearchReturns/ssLINK/PGA_061271>agenda
and commissioned
<http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/step/FederalResearchReturns/ssLINK/PGA_061275>background
papers will be available shortly. In the meantime, confirmed speakers include:
April 18, 2011
Neal Lane, Rice University; former NSF and OSTP Director
Bronwyn Hall, University of California at Berkeley
Alfred Spector, Vice President, Google
Carol Corrado, The Conference Board
Mark McClellan, The Brookings Institution; former FDA and CMS Administrator
Brian Sloan, The European Commission
Richard Freeman, Harvard University and National Bureau of Economic Research
Prabhu Pingali, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
April 19, 2011
Subra Suresh, Director, National Science Foundation
John Marburger, Stony Brook University; former OSTP Director
Adam Jaffe, Brandeis University
Kai Lee, David and Lucille Packard Foundation
Lynne Zucker, University of California, Los Angeles
Julia Lane, National Science Foundation
Stefano Bertuzzi, National Institutes of Health
Received on Fri Mar 18 2011 - 13:58:05 EDT
