Support of International Activities

在过去的十年里，科学技术已经发展到 应被视为制订国际 政治和经济政策。 在联邦政府中， 国家科学基金会在以下方面发挥着重要作用： 通过规划和实施这些政策， 国际科技合作， 促进旨在实现最高 可能对美国的科学和工程效益。 科学与工程学 在NSF内部， 国家计划（INT）是主要的协调中心， 促进和支持该机构的国际 科学和技术举措。 世界上发生的重大变化表明， 制定和执行有效的国际 基于战略信息的科技计划 认真的政策分析将越来越重要， 世纪90年代 相关变更的示例包括： 西欧经济一体化运动， 东欧的开放，日益增长的活力， 太平洋盆地的经济凝聚力， 的抱负和科学与工程能力， 几个主要的拉丁美洲经济体。 因此，NSF将面临 需要设计和评估的多重挑战 新举措的有效性，以及评估 在国际领域正在进行的项目的影响。 这些活动的规划往往需要特别的 会议和会议与选定的美国和外国 特定科学和工程学科的专家， 除了科学政策专家。 它还需要 关于外国能力等专题的特别研究， 选定的学科，或研发支出和人员 外国的估计。 为了履行其在联合国的职责， 并制定新方案和政策 挑战的倡议 全球变化，INT需要外部分析和 一个承包商的后勤支持， 关于全球科学背景的实质性专业知识 和工程，谁也知道NSF， INT的特定使命和操作限制。 的 该合同的目的是提供支持， 一个持续的基础。

During the past decade, science and technology have come to be regarded as integral to the formulation of international political and economic policy. In the Federal Government, the National Science Foundation plays a significant role in the support of such policies by planning and implementing international cooperation in science and technology through the promotion of activities designed to achieve the highest possible scientific and engineering benefits for U.S. science and engineering. Within NSF, the Division of Inter- national Programs (INT) is the principal focal point for facilitating and supporting the agency's international science and technology initiatives. Important changes occurring in the world suggest that the development and implementation of effective international science and technology programs based on strategic information and careful policy analysis will be increasingly important in the 1990s. Examples of pertinent changes include: the movement toward economic integration in Western Europe, the opening of Eastern Europe, the increasing dynamism and economic cohesion in the Pacific Basin, and the growing aspirations and science and engineering capabilities of several major Latin American economies. Thus, NSF will face multiple challenges that will require it to design and assess the efficacy of new initiatives, as well as evaluate the impacts of on-going programs in the international area. Planning for these activities will often require special meetings and conferences with selected U.S. and foreign experts in specific science and engineering disciplines, in addition to science policy specialists. It will also require special studies on topics such as foreign capabilities in selected disciplines, or R&D expenditures and personnel estimates of foreign countries. In order to carry out its responsibilities in the international area and to develop new program and policy initiatives to respond to the challenges occasioned by the worldwide changes, INT requires external analytical and logistical support from a contractor who can draw on a range of substantive expertise about the global context for science and engineering, and who is also knowledgeable about NSF and INT's specific mission and operating constraints. The objective of this contract is to provide for that support on a continuing basis.