NSF IUCRC Evaluation Project

随着工业/大学合作研究中心计划多年来的发展，评估工作在很大程度上依赖于每个I/UCRC中心的独立现场评估人员标准化收集的数据。建立在当地评估人员全国网络基础上的评估系统需要大量的支持和协调。 尽管NSF工作人员和评估者协调委员会提供的支持和协调对方案的成功至关重要，但这些机制不足以满足已发展成为国家范围的评估项目的需要。

As the Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers Program has evolved over the years, the evaluation effort relies heavily on standardized collection of data by independent on-site evaluators at every I/UCRC Center.An evaluation system built upon a national network of local evaluators requires a considerable amount of support and coordination. Although the support and coordination provided by NSF staff and the evaluators coordinating committee are essential to the programs success, these mechanisms are not adequate to meet the needs of an evaluation project that has grown to be national in scope.