Understanding the Impacts of the Post-September 11 Environment on Science

这是一项NSF探索性研究小额赠款，使美国科学促进会能够收集和建立有关9/11事件后安全措施对科学研究的影响的关键时间基线数据。自9/11事件以来，在服务国家安全和保持科学进步所需的开放性之间找到合适的平衡越来越成为一项挑战。科学界承认自己有责任为国家安全做出贡献，但也表达了对日益重视国家安全对科学的影响的担忧。有坊间证据表明，研究界受到了影响，扰乱了科学研究的进行和交流。美国科学促进会(AAAS)项目将跟踪和分析新的国家安全倡议对科学的影响。在计划进行长期努力的最初一年，美国科学促进会将设计一个数据库，以收集和管理数据，记录科学和科学家如何受到影响的实例。它将通过几种不同的方法收集这些数据，并创建一个网站，作为与科学和安全有关的问题的信息交换中心。AAAS最终将使其他人能够访问该数据库，以便对数据进行扩展分析。在项目过程中，AAAS将定期向媒体、美国政策制定者、行业和外国大使馆的代表以及科学界成员介绍其发现。

This is a NSF Small Grants for Exploratory Research to enable the American Association for the Advancement of Science to gather and establish time-critical base-line data on the impacts of post 9/11 security measures on the conduct of scientific research. Since 9/11, finding the right balance between serving the national security and maintaining the openness required for the advancement of science has increasingly become a challenge. The scientific community has acknowledged its responsibilities to contribute to the nation's security, but has voiced concerns about the impacts on science of increased emphasis on national security. There is anecdotal evidence that the research community has been affected in ways that have disrupted the conduct and communication of scientific research. The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) project will track and analyze the impacts on science of new national security initiatives. In the initial year of what is intended to be a longer-term effort, AAAS will design a database to collect and manage data documenting instances of how science and scientists have been affected. It will collect these data through several different methodologies, and create a web site to serve as a clearinghouse of information on issues related to science and security. AAAS will eventually make the database accessible to others for extended analyses of the data. During the course of the project, AAAS will periodically brief the media, U.S. policy makers, representatives of industry and foreign embassies, and members of the scientific community on its findings.