EAGER: Place-Based Innovation Policy Study Group

该项目代表了基于地方的创新政策和相关领域的领先学术研究人员的召集，为NSF区域创新引擎计划提供及时的见解。 其目标是汇集不同的研究人员和政策制定者，以i）评估基于地点的创新生态系统的“知识状态”及其与地理和社会经济包容性的关系，ii）确定这项研究的见解，为创新政策制定者提供信息，㈢表面潜在手段，用以严格和持续地衡量和评估基于地方的创新生态系统。该项目的重点是区域性、基于地方的创新经济，分为两个阶段。在项目的第一阶段，“阅读小组”将定期（每月）开会，评估区域创新生态系统经济学具体专题的“现状”和“未决问题”。 这些会议将作为该项目第二阶段的先驱，为期一天半的研究会议汇集了几个感兴趣领域的顶级研究人员，总结了围绕每个主题的关键见解，并在讨论小组中讨论了关键的前沿问题。将编写阅读小组会议和会议的摘要，作为今后发展区域创新生态系统的参考依据。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This project represents the convening of leading academic researchers in place-based innovation policy and related areas to provide timely insight for the NSF Regional Innovation Engines program. Its objective is to bring together a diverse group of researchers and policymakers to i) provide an assessment of the “state of knowledge” of place-based innovation ecosystems, and its relationship to both geographic and socioeconomic inclusion, ii) identify the insights of this research to inform innovation policymakers, and iii) surface potential means by which to measure and assess place-based innovation ecosystems on a rigorous and ongoing basis. The project focuses on regional, place-based innovation economies, and it is divided in two phases. In the first phase of the project, a “reading group” would convene on a regular (monthly) basis to assess the “state of the field” and “open questions” around specific topics in the economics of regional innovation ecosystems. These meetings would serve as a precursor to the second phase of the project, a one and a half day research conference bringing together top researchers across several areas of interest to summarize the key insights around each topic and discuss key frontier questions in a discussion panel. Summaries of both the reading group meetings and conference will be developed, serving as a basis for future reference in the development of regional innovation ecosystems.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.