Bridging NSF Science Research, Education, and Innovation

连接NSF科学研究和创新在国际上，有一个响亮的呼吁，公共资助的科学研究“，以增加其对创新，经济业绩和满足社会需求的贡献”（经合组织2004年）。 为了做到这一点，有必要审查新的战略，将连接NSF的科学研究工作，以及州和地方政府的创新愿望，以改善其公民的经济和社会福祉。该项目为NSF寻求更明确地连接研究和创新的新举措奠定了基础。它提供的原型和随之而来的研究将有助于激发关于创新方法的对话，以突出和加强NSF在创新中的作用。如果NSF决定朝这个方向发展，这个原型将作为一个完全开发的网站的先驱。本项目主要研究以下问题：1.什么样的网页设计结构、主题、资源和功能可以使NSF及其在州政府和行业的合作伙伴突出NSF资助的科学研究和创新之间的“创新链”？2. 其他机构（如经合组织）或其他国家（如加拿大、澳大利亚、英国）设计的类似网站的性质（在内容和结构方面）是什么？3. 需要解决哪些涉及技术和人力基础设施的挑战，才能从这样一个原型转变为一个完全支持的网站，该网站可以随着时间的推移进行维护，更新和促进，并吸引大量的NSF PI，州和地方政策制定者以及广大公众？该项目包括形成性研究和需求评估，开发和交付一个原型，旨在激发潜在用户的反馈和进一步发展的建议，一份基于美国，加拿大，澳大利亚和英国类似努力的比较分析的研究报告，以及一份建议报告，该报告综合了我们所了解到的情况，并记录了未来如果NSF确定完整的网站开发。

Bridging NSF Science Research and InnovationInternationally, there has been a resounding call for publicly funded science research "to increase its contribution to innovation, economic performance and the fulfillment of social needs" (OECD 2004). In order to do so, there is a need to examine new strategies that will bridge NSF science research efforts, and state and local governments' desire to innovate in order to improve their citizens economic and social well being. This project lays the groundwork for new NSF initiatives that seek to bridge research and innovation more explicitly. The prototype and attendant research that it provides will serve to stimulate dialogue on innovative approaches to highlighting and strengthening NSF's role in innovation. This prototype will serve as a precursor to a fully developed web site should NSF decide to move in this direction. This project addresses the following research questions:1. What Web design structures, themes, resources, and functionalities would enable NSF, and its partners in state government and industry to highlight the "innovation chain" between NSF funded science research and innovation?2. What is the nature (in terms of content and structure) of similar Websites designed by other agencies (e.g. OECD) or other countries (e.g. Canada, Australia, UK) to report on and to highlight the relationship of science research to economic development, quality of life, and educational policy?3. What challenges involving both technical and human infrastructure would need to be addressed to move from such a prototype to a fully supported website that could be maintained, updated, and facilitated over time, and engage a large constituency of NSF PIs, state and local policy makers, and the public at large? The project includes formative research and a needs assessment, development and delivery of a prototype intended to stimulate feedback and suggestions for further development from potential users, a research report based of a comparative analysis of similar efforts within the US, Canada, Australia, and England, and a recommendations report that synthesizes what we have learned and documents issues that would need to be addressed in the future should NSF determine that a full website be developed.