Building a New Foundation for Innovation: Results of a Workshop for the National Science Foundation
This study reports the efforts of a workshop to buildpartnerships between universities, industry, and governments.In 2000, the National Science Foundation (NSF) created the Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) program. The PFI is part of a larger NSF effort to build anew foundation for innovation based upon partnerships between university,industry, and local and regional governments that also will be responsive toemerging economic and social challenges facing the nation. In June 2001, a workshop held in Arlington, Virginia, brought together PFI grantees andrepresentatives from university and industry to consider the roles of thePFI and the NSF in the larger national innovation enterprise. This reportsynthesizes workshop discussions regarding innovation and sustainablepartnerships. The workshop revealed strong support for a formal evaluationof the PFI program and endorsed both an expanded NSF role in promotinginnovation and partnerships through the PFI and other programs and continued efforts by NSF to further diversify and better exploit synergies between its innovation-supporting programs.
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- Copyright: RAND Corporation
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- Pages: 124
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- ISBN/EAN: 0-8330-3158-9
- Document Number: MR-1534-NSF
- Year: 2002
- Series: Monograph Reports
Contents
Preface PDF
Tables PDF
Summary PDF
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgments PDF
Acronyms PDF
Chapter One
Introduction PDF
Chapter Two
Overview of the PFI and the Workshop PDF
Chapter Three
Innovation: from the Creation of Knowledge to National Well-Being PDF
Chapter Four
Catalyzing Partnerships to Enable Infrastructure and Broaden Participation PDF
Chapter Five
Implications for the NSF PDF
Appendix A
PFI Steering Group Members PDF
Appendix B
PFI Grantees PDF
Appendix C
PFI Workshop Attendees PDF
Appendix D
PFI Workshop Agenda PDF
Appendix E
Charges to Breakout Sessions PDF
Appendix F
Summary of Key Workshop Findings and Recommendations PDF
Appendix G
Observations on PFI Evaluation Criteria PDF
Bibliography PDF
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