Setting Priorities for NSF-sponsored Large Research Facility Projects

OIA-0304912 Stine该奖项将为美国国家科学院（NAS）提供资金，以进行一项研究，研究美国国家科学基金会（NSF）如何为大型研究设施项目的建设和运营的竞争提案设定优先级。 这项工作将由一个专家委员会在NAS政策和全球事务司的科学、工程和公共政策委员会（COSEPUP）以及物理和天文学委员会（BPA）的监督下进行。具体而言，该项目将解决以下问题并提出建议：（1）当前的优先级排序过程和改进方法;（2）制定用于对大型研究设施项目进行优先级排序和排名的具体标准;（3）指导赞助项目的管理，监督和问责制。 这项研究将有助于NSF的决策过程，并应有助于其他参与在所有科学和工程领域的设施和基础设施进行重大投资的联邦机构。

OIA-0304912StineThis award will provide funds for the National Academy of Science (NAS) to conduct a study that examines how the National Science Foundation (NSF) sets priorities for competing proposals for construction and operation of large-scaled research facility projects. The work will be performed by an expert committee under the oversight of the NAS' Policy and Global Affairs Division's Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (COSEPUP) and the Board on Physics and Astronomy (BPA). Specifically the project will address and make recommendations on the following: 1) current prioritization process and ways for improvement; 2) development of specific criteria used to prioritize and rank large research facility projects and 3) guidance in the management, oversight and accountability of sponsored projects. The study will contribute to the decision-making process at NSF and should be useful to other federal agencies involved in making significant investments in facilities and infrastructure across all fields of science and engineering.