Workshop on Quantifying the Impacts of Government Investment on Innovation

新的计量经济模型、数据可视化技术和其他经验方法有可能改善科学政策。本项目组织了一个研讨会，以审查联邦机构的政策需求，讨论数据的可用性，以及新方法在提高联邦科学投资回报方面的作用，展示科学资助的影响，增加社会和经济效益。在美国国家科学院科学、技术和经济政策委员会（STEP）的主持下，本次研讨会汇集了来自联邦机构的科学政策专家和来自多个学科的学者，共同研究新指标和影响评估程序的发展。这次研讨会有可能改变联邦研究管理人员的评估和影响报告过程。

New econometric models, data visualization techniques and other empirical methods have the potential to improve science policy. This project organizes a workshop to examine the policy needs of federal agencies, discuss the availability of data, and the role of new methods to enhance the returns to federal investment in science, demonstrate the impact of science funding and increase the societal and economic benefits. Under the auspices of National Academies Board on Science, Technology and Economic policy (STEP) this workshop brings together science policy experts from federal agencies with scholars from multiple disciplines to examine the development of new metrics and impact assessment procedures. This workshop has the potential to transform the process of evaluation and impact reporting by federal research managers.