# Presentation: 915558

## Emerging Science and Engineering Policy Issues

**Emerging Science and Engineering Policy Issues**

- Joseph Bordogna
- National Science Foundation
- http://www.nsf.gov/bordogna

**Brookings Institution Seminar**
**Science and Technology Policy**
**June 12, 2000**

## Something special has happened to the American economy in recent years.  

**. . .a remarkable run of economic growth that appears to have its roots in ongoing advances in technology.**

*Alan Greenspan*
*June 14, 1999*
*Joint Economic Committee*

## Creative TransformationsThe Schumpeterian Factor

- “The interaction of technological innovation with the competitive marketplace is the fundamental driving force in capitalist industrial progress.” (Schumpeter, 1942)
- “...a normally healthy economy was not one in equilibrium, but one that was constantly being disrupted by technological innovation.”  (The Economist (on Schumpeter), 1999)

## 	“I never predict.  I just look out the window and see what’s visible -- but not yet seen.”

- 	**“****I never predict.  I just look out the window and see what’s visible -- but not yet seen.”**
- 			*Peter Drucker*
*	**	**	**Forbes Magazine*
*	**	**	**March 10, 1997*

## The NSF Vision

*	**Enabling the Nation’s future through discovery, learning, and innovation...*

## NSF’s Strategic Goals

- People - *A diverse, internationally competitive and globally-engaged workforce*
- Tools - *Accessible, state-of-the-art shared tools and information bases*

**NSF’s Strategic Goals**

**Notes:**
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The three goals outlined in the plan also highlight this historical dynamic.
They are summed up by three key words: People, Ideas, and Tools.

We continually help break new ground through the research and education we support, but we can’t let the new knowledge generated lie fallow.

NSF is as much about preparing a world-class workforce as it is about discovery.  That’s a primary benefit from our support of academic research... and that’s been the intent for NSF since its start.

And the tools -- the research platforms, telescopes, databases, and user facilities -- open up the new vistas and frontiers for learning and discovery.

## Strategic Thrusts

- Develop Intellectual Capital
- Integrate Research and Education
- Promote Partnerships

## Innovation Partnerships:The Building Blocks

_**Activity**_

_**Program**_

- State Research
- and Education
- Development

- Industry R&D

- University
- Partnerships

- National R&D
- Centers

- Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR)
- Rural Systemic Initiatives (RSI)
- State Systemic Initiatives (SSI)

- Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI)
- Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers (IUCRC)
- Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
- Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)
- Innovation and Organizational Change (IOC)

- Advanced Networking Infrastructure (ANI)
- Centers for Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST)
- Partnerships for Advanced Scientific Computing (PACI)

- Engineering Research Centers (ERC)
- Long-Term Ecological Research Sites (LTER)
- Material Research Science and Engineering Centers (MRSEC)
- Science and Technology Centers (STC)

## Partnerships for InnovationProgram Goal

- 	To create a new and effective mechanism that enables innovation; that transforms knowledge created by the national research and education enterprise into innovations that create new wealth, build strong local and regional economies, and improve the national well-being.

## Integrating Research and Education

- Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER)
- Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeships (IGERT)
- Strategic Plan
- Guidelines for Preparing Proposals
- Proposal Review Criteria

## Representation of Black, Hispanic, American Indians, and Women in 1997

**Representation of Black, Hispanic, American Indians, and Women in 1997**

**SOURCE:  NSF/SRS, Completions Survey (NCES),NSF/ Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, and  Survey of Earned Doctorates.**

## Traditional Physical Infrastructure 

- Facilities
- Research space
- Essential services
- Instrumentation/Equipment
- Acquisition
- Operation and maintenance
- Research Platforms
- Vehicles
- Multi-user facilities (e.g., telescope)

## New Kinds of Infrastructure

- Advanced computer resources
- Digital libraries
- Large shared databases
- Research networks
- Distributed user facilities
- Standards and protocols

## Questions for Discussion

- Is it time to reassess national “infrastructure” needs?
- What should be included in the “new” definition?
- What information do we need for reassessment?  How should we get it?
- What are the responsibilities of federal, academic and private sector partners?

## Charge

- 1. 	Review the goals for Federal investment in S&E
- 2. 	Examine existing structure and processes for coordination and priority setting
- 3. 	Conduct a state of the art assessment of methodologies
- 4. 	Conduct a study of budget coordination and priority setting in other countries.
- 5. 	Convene appropriate stakeholders to consider findings, develop recommendations for improved methodologies and for building support of S&E communities and the public.

## National Science BoardAd Hoc Committee on Strategic Science and Engineering Policy

*http://www.nsf.gov/nsb/committes.htm*
- Jean Pomeroy, NSB Office, 703-306-2000