Dear Colleague Letter: for Assessing and Enhancing the Impact of Science R&D in the United States: Chemical Sciences

From: Lane, Julia I. <jlane_at_nsf.gov>
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2010 07:10:32 -0400

Hi

We are delighted to announce the posting of a Dear Colleague Letter on www.nsf.gov on the home pages of two Directorates: Mathematical and Physical Sciences and Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences.

The direct link is here

http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf10054

The Dear Colleague Letter is intended to advise you about funding opportunities at the National Science Foundation to develop a better understanding of important scientific questions, such as

   1. How can we measure the broad (economic, social, and scientific) impact of scientific research?
   2. What is the nexus between industrial and federal investments in science R&D?
   3. How can an optimal portfolio of (public and private) science R&D investments be characterized?
   4. How can the social, behavioral, and economic sciences inform federal R&D investments?

Proposals with the following features are particularly encouraged.

    * Contrasts between public and private research investments,
    * Examinations of the perspectives of public, private, academic, industrial, and government labs
    * Examinations of the impact of differences in levels and modes of research investment
    * Collaborations involving domain scientists in the mathematical and physical sciences and engineering as well as SciSIP researchers.

Please don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions.

Julia Lane
Program Director
Science of Science & Innovation Policy
Current solicitation:
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=501084
Received on Sat Apr 24 2010 - 07:10:32 EDT