Trends in the Structure of Federal Science Support
Trends in the Structure of Federal Science Support

Author: Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering, and Technology. Working Group on the Structure of Science Support

Publisher:

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13:

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This compilation and the novel taxonomy upon which it is based was developed by the interagency Working Group on the Structure of Science Support under the auspices of the Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering, and Technology (FCCSET) through its Committee on Physical Mathematical and Engineering Sciences. The Working Group was ably co-chaired by Dr. James of the National Science Foundation and Dr. John Diggs of the National Institutes of Health.

Funding a Revolution
Funding a Revolution

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1999-02-11

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 0309062780

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The past 50 years have witnessed a revolution in computing and related communications technologies. The contributions of industry and university researchers to this revolution are manifest; less widely recognized is the major role the federal government played in launching the computing revolution and sustaining its momentum. Funding a Revolution examines the history of computing since World War II to elucidate the federal government's role in funding computing research, supporting the education of computer scientists and engineers, and equipping university research labs. It reviews the economic rationale for government support of research, characterizes federal support for computing research, and summarizes key historical advances in which government-sponsored research played an important role. Funding a Revolution contains a series of case studies in relational databases, the Internet, theoretical computer science, artificial intelligence, and virtual reality that demonstrate the complex interactions among government, universities, and industry that have driven the field. It offers a series of lessons that identify factors contributing to the success of the nation's computing enterprise and the government's role within it.

Trends in Federal Support of Research and Graduate Education
Trends in Federal Support of Research and Graduate Education

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2001-10-30

Total Pages: 113

ISBN-13: 0309170621

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The Board on Science, Technology and Economic Policy updated its 1999 analysis (Appendix A, Securing America's Industrial Strength, 1999) of changes since 1990 in the distribution of federal research funding by field of science and engineering) by incorporating FY 1998 and FY 1999 obligations from the NSF Federal Funds survey, with particular attention to the trends in basic research support, changes in research fields' relative dependence on research-sponsoring agencies, and the relationship between changes in research support and changes in enrollment in graduate training in selected fields of research. The Board did not recommend funding levels for any discipline but addressed procedural aspects of R&D budgeting.

Supporting Research and Data Analysis in NASA's Science Programs
Supporting Research and Data Analysis in NASA's Science Programs

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1998-10-16

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13: 0309173590

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Effective science, clearly a mandate for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), involves asking significant questions about the physical and biological world and seeking definitive answers. Its product is new knowledge that has value to the nation. NASA's flight projects are highly visible and usually the most costly elements of this process, but they are only a part of the science enterprise. Flight projects are founded on research that defines clear scientific goals and questions, designs missions to address those questions, and develops the required technologies to accomplish the missions. This research is funded primarily by NASA's research and analysis (R&A) programs. Data from flight projects are transformed into knowledge through analysis and synthesis-research that is funded both by R&A and by the data analysis (DA) portion of mission operations and data analysis (MO&DA) programs. R&A and DA programs are the subject of this report and are grouped for convenience under the heading of research and data analysis (R&DA).

Forces Shaping the U.S. Academic Engineering Research Enterprise
Forces Shaping the U.S. Academic Engineering Research Enterprise

Author: National Academy of Engineering

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1995-08-12

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 030905284X

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The way in which academic engineering research is financed and public expectations for the outcomes from such research are changing at an unprecedented rate. The decrease in support of defense-related research, coupled with the realization that many U.S. technological products are no longer competitive in the global market, has sent a shock wave through research universities that train engineers. This book argues for several concrete actions on the part of universities, government, and industry to ensure the flow and relevance of technical talent to meet national social and economic goals, to maintain a position of leadership in the global economy, and to preserve and enhance the nation's engineering knowledge base.