The Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable

美国国家科学院将把政府-大学-产业研究圆桌会议(GUIRR)延长两年。圆桌会议是六年前作为一项实验发起的，现在已被公认为是国家科学和技术政策事务中一个成熟的、独特的组织。联邦机构、州政府、大学和行业都将圆桌会议视为美国唯一一个将研究企业所有部门的领导人持续聚集在一起的论坛，其方式将为政策过程和国家研究系统注入更有效的思维。圆桌会议的重点继续放在圆桌会议议程自设立以来一直是核心的三个领域：1)学术科学与工程研究企业--组织机构、有形基础设施和支持机制；2)大学与其他部门之间以及联邦与州政府之间的新联盟--它们对学术研究和教学以及工业中技术变革和创新的过程，以及由于互动增加而产生的棘手的政策问题；3)科学和工程人才的发现、招聘和留住。一项新提出的倡议，即全面审视整个研发企业的管理，是这三个领域工作的合乎逻辑的延伸。这项议程是各工作组和圆桌会议理事会在过去一年内进行广泛讨论的结果，以及相关选民小组的投入，并以目前各项活动的成就为基础。此外，圆桌会议将对政策环境中出现的对科学和工程至关重要的问题作出回应。国家科学基金会政府-大学-产业研究圆桌会议所讨论的主题与国家科学基金会的规划和评估活动直接相关。

The National Academy of Sciences will extend for two more years the Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable (GUIRR). Initiated as an experiment six years ago, the Roundtable is now recognized as an established, unique organization in national science and technology policy affairs. Federal agencies, state governments, universities, and industry all look to the Roundtable as the only forum in the United States that brings together the leaders of all sectors of the research enterprise on an ongoing basis and in a manner that injects imaginative thought into the policy process and more effective procedures into the nation's research system. The focus of the Roundtable continues to be on the three areas that have been the core of the Roundtable agenda since it was established: 1) the academic science and engineering research enterprise--its organizational arrangements, physical infrastructure, and support mechanisms; 2) new alliances between universities and other sectors and between federal and state governments--their contributions to academic research and teaching and to the processes of technical change and innovation in industry, and the difficult policy issues that arise as a result of the increased interactions; and 3) the identification, recruitment, and retention of science and engineering talent. A new proposed initiative, a comprehensive look at the management of the overall R&D enterprise, is a logical extension of the work in these three areas. This agenda is the result of extensive discussions within the working groups and the Roundtable Council over the past year, together with input from the relevant constituency groups, and is based on the accomplishments of current activities. In addition, the Roundtable will respond to issues vital to science and engineering that emerge in the policy environment. The topics addressed by the NAS Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable have direct relevance to NSF planning and evaluation activities.