Support of International Activities

在过去十年中，科学和技术已被视为制定国际政治和经济政策的组成部分。在联邦政府中，国家科学基金会在支持这些政策方面发挥着重要作用，通过促进旨在为美国科学和工程实现最高科学和工程效益的活动，规划和实施科学和技术方面的国际合作。在美国国家科学基金会内部，国际计划部（INT）是促进和支持该机构的国际科学和技术计划的主要焦点。世界上发生的重要变化表明，在战略信息和仔细的政策分析的基础上制定和实施有效的国际科学技术计划将在20世纪90年代变得越来越重要。相关变化的例子包括：西欧走向经济一体化、东欧的开放、太平洋盆地日益增长的活力和经济凝聚力，以及几个主要拉丁美洲经济体日益增长的愿望和科学与工程能力。因此，国家科学基金会将面临多重挑战，这将要求它设计和评估新倡议的有效性，以及评估正在进行的项目在国际领域的影响。规划这些活动通常需要与特定科学和工程学科的选定的美国和外国专家以及科学政策专家举行特别会议和会议。它还将要求对某些学科的外国能力或外国的研发支出和人员估计等专题进行特别研究。为了履行其在国际领域的职责，并制定新的计划和政策举措，以应对全球变化所带来的挑战，INT需要来自承包商的外部分析和后勤支持，承包商可以利用一系列关于全球科学和工程背景的实质性专业知识。他也了解国家科学基金会和情报部门的具体任务和运作限制。本合同的目的是在持续的基础上提供这种支持。

During the past decade, science and technology have come to be regarded as integral to the formulation of international political and economic policy. In the Federal Government, the National Science Foundation plays a significant role in the support of such policies by planning and implementing international cooperation in science and technology through the promotion of activities designed to achieve the highest possible scientific and engineering benefits for U.S. science and engineering. Within NSF, the Division of Inter- national Programs (INT) is the principal focal point for facilitating and supporting the agency's international science and technology initiatives. Important changes occurring in the world suggest that the development and implementation of effective international science and technology programs based on strategic information and careful policy analysis will be increasingly important in the 1990s. Examples of pertinent changes include: the movement toward economic integration in Western Europe, the opening of Eastern Europe, the increasing dynamism and economic cohesion in the Pacific Basin, and the growing aspirations and science and engineering capabilities of several major Latin American economies. Thus, NSF will face multiple challenges that will require it to design and assess the efficacy of new initiatives, as well as evaluate the impacts of on-going programs in the international area. Planning for these activities will often require special meetings and conferences with selected U.S. and foreign experts in specific science and engineering disciplines, in addition to science policy specialists. It will also require special studies on topics such as foreign capabilities in selected disciplines, or R&D expenditures and personnel estimates of foreign countries. In order to carry out its responsibilities in the international area and to develop new program and policy initiatives to respond to the challenges occasioned by the worldwide changes, INT requires external analytical and logistical support from a contractor who can draw on a range of substantive expertise about the global context for science and engineering, and who is also knowledgeable about NSF and INT's specific mission and operating constraints. The objective of this contract is to provide for that support on a continuing basis.