Comparative Innovation Policy: Best Practice in National Technology Programs

项目概述全球经济的特点是日益激烈的区位竞争，以吸引开发尖端技术所需的资源，作为区域和国家增长的驱动力。促进这种增长和提高国家竞争力的一个手段是改善国家创新体系的运行。这涉及旨在支持新技术研究、提高国家研究的商业回报并促进生产具有全球竞争力的产品的国家技术开发和创新计划。科学、技术和经济政策委员会(STEP)正在研究选定的外国创新项目，并将它们与美国的主要项目进行比较。该分析包括对外国项目的目标、概念、结构、运作、资金水平和评估进行审查，这些项目类似于美国的主要项目，如创新奖、S科技园区和财团。目标声明作为比较创新政策审查的一部分，STEP委员会将召开一次研讨会，主题是“理解研究型科技园区：全球最佳实践”。这次会议将汇集来自美国和世界各地的政府、大学和科技园的领导人物。会议的目标是加深政策制定者对S科技园区作为创新和区域增长源泉的作用的理解，同时审查它们对政府使命和大学研究商业化的贡献。S科技园区的一个重要特点是其多样性。因此，会议将考察范围广泛的S科技园区，包括大学园区和实验室园区，以及亚洲和欧洲经常采用的大型工业模式。在认识到目标的多样性以及活动范围和规模的差异的同时，会议将寻求确定S和技术园区在美国和海外面临的共同挑战，包括评估和需要适当的衡量标准。更广泛的影响委员会正在使用标准模板评估外国项目，召开一系列会议从负责官员和项目经理那里收集数据，并鼓励系统地传播信息和分析，以此作为更好地了解大学和实验室研究向商业产品过渡的手段，目的是改善美国项目的运作。除了提高对外交政策和计划的认识，特别是在国会议员及其工作人员中，这项研究还将产生一份概述报告，其中包括在总体研究结束时解决上述问题的结果和建议。这些调查结果和建议将随后广泛传播。

Project SummaryThe global economy is characterized by increasing locational competition to attract the resources necessary to develop leading-edge technologies as drivers of regional and national growth. One means of facilitating such growth and improving national competitiveness is to improve the operation of the national innovation system. This involves national technology development and innovation programs designed to support research on new technologies, enhance the commercial return on national research, and facilitate the production of globally competitive products. The Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy (STEP) is studying selected foreign innovation programs and comparing them with major U.S. programs. The analysis includes a review of the goals, concept, structure, operation, funding levels, and evaluation of foreign programs similar to major U.S. programs, e.g., innovation awards, S&T parks, and consortia. Statement of Objectives As part of this review of Comparative Innovation Policy, the STEP Board is convening a symposium on "Understanding Research Science & Technology Parks: Global Best Practice." The conference will bring together leading figures from governments, universities, and science and technology parks, both from the United States and around the world. The goal of the conference is to increase policy makers' understanding of the role of S&T parks as sources of innovation and regional growth, while also reviewing their contributions to government missions and to the commercialization of university research. An important characteristic of S&T parks is their diversity. Accordingly, the conference will examine a broad range of S&T parks, including both university- and laboratory-based parks as well as the large-scale industrial models often undertaken in Asia and Europe. While recognizing the diversity of objectives and the differences in scope and scale of activity, the conference will seek to identify common challenges faced by S&T parks both in the U.S. and abroad, including evaluation and the need for appropriate metrics. Broader Impacts The Committee is assessing foreign programs using a standard template, convening a series of meetings to gather data from responsible officials and program managers, and encouraging a systematic dissemination of information and analysis as a means of better understanding the transition of university and laboratory research into commercial products with the goal of improving the operation of U.S. programs. In addition to generating greater awareness of foreign policies and programs, especially among Members of Congress and their staff, the study will produce an overview report that includes findings and recommendations addressing the issues outlined above at the conclusion of the overall study. These findings and recommendations will then be widely disseminated.