The Changing Soviet Technostructure (Infrastructural Support)

该项目将审查，评估和分析新的和 关于教育和利用的前所未有的数据来源 苏联的科学和工程劳动力。 适当数据 苏联科学家和工程师（S/E）将被编译， 将与美国的类似数据进行比较。 苏联的科学技术正在发生重大变化 基础设施和数据收集系统。 该项目将 研究其中的一些变化及其对国际间的影响， 提高了整体的S E能力。 也有重大变化 发生在苏联科学技术数据收集 系统. 该项目将有助于评估，分析， 解释数据可用性、定义和 数据收集系统。 该项目涉及八个目标领域之一， 根据谅解备忘录进行合作研究 国家科学基金会和苏联科学院之间的合作。 科学和 工程指标是科学下的一个高度优先事项 政策领域和有关S E劳动力的信息是一个关键 一个国家科技能力指标。 该项目将有助于 NSF访问和分析大量数据， 在S/E人员上可用，为这些数据建立基线， 并确定关键信息差距。 该项目也是 与NSF扩展其国际数据库的目标有关 科学和工程指标。

This project will review, evaluate, and analyze new and unprecedented sources of data on the education and utilization of the Soviet science and engineering workforce. Appropriate data on Soviet scientists and engineers (S/E's) will be compiled and comparisons will be made with similar data for the United States. Major changes are occurring in the Soviet science and technology infrastructure and data collection systems. This project will examine some of these changes and their implications for inter- preting overall S&E capabilities. There are also major changes occurring in the Soviet science and technology data collection systems. This project will help to evaluate, analyze, and interpret changes in the data availability, definitions, and data collection systems. This project is related to one of the eight areas targeted for cooperative research under the Memorandum of Understanding between NSF and the USSR Academy of Sciences. Science and engineering indicators is a high priority under the science policy area and information on the S&E workforce is a critical indicator of a country's S&E capability. This project would help NSF access and analyze the large amount of data now becoming available on S/E personnel, establish a baseline for such data, and identify critical information gaps. The project is also related to the NSF goal of expanding its international database of science and engineering indicators.