Measuring the Economic Return on Federal Research Investments

本研讨会回顾和讨论了使用定量和定性数据来衡量联邦研究和开发投资的回报。尽管目前的ARRA报告要求以工作为重点，但科技资助的影响可以在就业之外量化。 组织该研讨会的目的是征求进一步分析的具体建议，包括新的或修改的方法和数据源。讨论了一系列主题：现有的定量指标-现有的定性指标-投入产出模型的使用-各种方法的比较-研讨会产生了一个研究议程和数据收集工作，供联邦研究机构用于实施新的方法和模型。 智力优势：本项目的贡献是系统地汇集了在衡量研究成果（在研究和开发投资的范围内，不包括服务的回报）方面所做的一系列工作（由学者、顾问和研究机构本身进行），并提供了一个讨论这些方法的论坛。该项目还考虑了不同的方法，用于跨研究领域（如农业与能源研究），以确定哪些是适用于一系列的联邦科技funding.Broader影响：在研究支出的非凡增长下，美国复苏和再投资法案（ARRA）的2009年和总统的承诺，科学和技术（ST）的资金增加，向前迈进，提高了需要衡量的影响研究投资。该讲习班有助于在研究和开发的公共投资水平方面建立一个更注重经验的决策过程。

This workshop reviews and discusses the use of quantitative and qualitative data to measure the returns on federal research and development investments. Despite the job-focused mandate of the current ARRA reporting requirements, the impact of S&T funding can be quantified beyond employment. The workshop is organized to elicit specific suggestions for further analysis including new or modified methodologies and data sources.A range of topics is addressed: - Existing quantitative metrics- Existing qualitative metrics- The use of input-output models - Comparison of methodologies- Consideration of international activitiesThe workshop generates a research agenda and data collection efforts to be used by federal research agencies to implement new methodologies and models. Intellectual Merit: The contribution of this project is to systematically assemble the range of work (by academics, consultants, and research agencies themselves) that has been done in measuring research outcomes (within the boundaries of research and development investments, and not including payoffs to services) and to provide a forum to discuss these methods. This project also considers the different methodologies used across fields of research (e.g. agriculture vs. energy research) to identify which are applicable to a range of federal S&T funding.Broader Impact: The extraordinary increase in research expenditures under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 and the President's commitment to science and technology (S&T) funding increases going forward have heightened the need for measuring the impacts of research investments. The workshop contributes to a more empirically-based decision making process with respect to the levels of public investment in research and development.