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| Posted by: | Amber Story |
| Title/Position: | Program Director, Social Psychology |
| School/Organization: | National Science Foundation |
| Sent to listserv of: | SPSP, SESP, SPSSI |
| Date posted: | October 22nd, 2006 |
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Dear Colleagues,
The Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) at the National Science Foundation (NSF) aims to develop the knowledge, theories, data, tools, and human capital needed to cultivate a new Science of Science and Innovation Policy (SciSIP). The directorate has just released a prospectus that you can access online at:
http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/scisip/scisip_prospectus.pdf
This prospectus will serve as the basis for the solicitation that is expected to be announced later this year.
Goals:
SciSIP’s goals are to understand the contexts, structures and processes of science and engineering research, to evaluate reliably the tangible and intangible returns from investments in research and development (R&D), and to predict the likely returns from future R&D investments within tolerable margins of error and with attention to the full spectrum of potential consequences. Specifically, the research, data collection and community development components of SciSIP’s activities will: (1) develop usable knowledge and theories of creative processes and their transformation into social and economic outcomes; (2) improve and expand science metrics, datasets and analytical tools, yielding changes in the bi-annual S&E indicators and other data collections; and (3) develop a community of experts across the Federal government, industry and universities focused on SciSIP. Characterizing the dynamics of discovery and innovation is important for developing valid metrics, for predicting future returns on investments, for constructing fruitful policies, and for developing new forms of workforce education and training.
Contact:
Inquiries about SBE’s Science of Science and Innovation Policy activities should be directed to Dr. Kaye Husbands Fealing, Science of Science Policy Advisor (khusband@nsf.gov).
Sincerely,
Amber Story
Amber L. Story, Ph.D.
Program Director, Social Psychology
National Science Foundation
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