Workshop on Assessing the Research Outputs and Policy Import of the National Science Foundations Science of Science and innovation Policy (SciSIP) Program

American Association For The Advancement Of Science, Washington DC

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Abstract

This project will support a one-day workshop to be held in Washington, DC built about policy relevant themes identified in consultation with representatives of the Interagency Working Group (IWG) on Science of Science Policy established by the National Science and Technology Council Committee on Science?s Subcommittee on Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences. The worskhops furthers attainment of two salient objectives of the National Science Foundation?s Science of Science and innovation Policy (SciSIP) Program by (1) contributing to an understanding of the means by which federal government support of research and development fosters scientific and technological change, and in turn the attainment of desired societal outcomes; and (2) building a community of practice between academic researchers and federal government officials and others such that the academic research community addresses policy relevant questions and that the policy/practitioner community finds that answers produced by SciSIP-supported research are accessible, relevant, timely, and convincing. Broader Impacts: Anecdotally, findings from SciSIP-funded research have demonstrable relevance to several science policy issues currently being addressed by several Federal agencies. The workshop will examine the evidence to date and accelerate the dissemination of these findings.