EAGER: Place-Based Innovation Policy Study Group

该项目代表了在地方创新政策和相关领域的领先学术研究人员的召集，为国家科学基金会区域创新引擎计划提供及时的见解。它的目标是将不同的研究人员和政策制定者聚集在一起，1)提供基于地方的创新生态系统的“知识状态”评估，及其与地理和社会经济包容性的关系；2)确定本研究的见解，为创新政策制定者提供信息；3)在严格和持续的基础上衡量和评估基于地方的创新生态系统的潜在手段。该项目侧重于以地方为基础的区域创新经济，分为两个阶段。在项目的第一阶段，一个“阅读小组”将定期（每月）召开一次会议，围绕区域创新生态系统经济学中的特定主题评估“领域现状”和“开放性问题”。这些会议将作为项目第二阶段的先导，为期一天半的研究会议将汇集几个感兴趣领域的顶级研究人员，总结围绕每个主题的关键见解，并在讨论小组中讨论关键的前沿问题。将编制读书会和会议的总结，为今后区域创新生态系统的发展提供参考依据。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，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.