Center for Technology and Innovation Management Research

西北大学已经建立了一个工业/大学合作研究中心，作为这种类型的中心之一，属于NSF项目的名称。该提案是美国国家科学基金会建立这样一个中心的最后一步，已经通过了最初的概念论文和规划拨款提案阶段。这两项都在2001年获得批准。新的研究中心专注于技术和创新管理。该中心的总体描述及其规划在规划拨款提案中进行了详细说明，并且在规划期间没有从根本上改变概念。然而，根据中心成员组织的最终名单及其特定的研究兴趣，具体研究项目的描述有所变化。

Northwestern University has established an Industry/University Cooperative Research Center as one of the centers of this type coming within the rubric of the NSF program of that name. The proposal is the final step in the NSF structure for establishing such a center, having passed through the initial concept paper and planning grant proposal stages. Both of these were approved during 2001. The new research center focuses on technology and innovation management. The general description of the center and its plans were detailed in the planning grant proposal and have not fundamentally changed in concept through the planning period. There are, however, changes in the descriptions of specific research projects, responding to the final list of the center member organizations and their particular research interests.