Bridging NSF Science Research, Education, and Innovation

连接国家科学基金会的科学研究和创新在国际上，有一个响亮的呼吁，要求公共资助的科学研究“增加其对创新、经济绩效和社会需求的实现的贡献”（OECD 2004）。为了做到这一点，有必要研究新的战略，这些战略将弥合国家科学基金会的科学研究努力，以及州和地方政府为改善其公民的经济和社会福祉而进行创新的愿望。这个项目为NSF寻求更明确地连接研究和创新的新倡议奠定了基础。它提供的原型和相关研究将有助于促进关于创新方法的对话，以突出和加强国家科学基金会在创新中的作用。如果NSF决定朝这个方向发展，这个原型将作为一个完全开发的网站的先驱。本项目涉及以下研究问题：1。什么样的网页设计结构、主题、资源和功能将使NSF及其在州政府和工业界的合作伙伴能够突出NSF资助的科学研究和创新之间的“创新链”？2 .其他机构（如经合组织）或其他国家（如加拿大、澳大利亚、英国）为报道和强调科学研究与经济发展、生活质量和教育政策之间的关系而设计的类似网站的性质（就内容和结构而言）是什么？从这样一个原型到一个完全支持的网站，需要解决哪些涉及技术和人力基础设施的挑战，这个网站可以随着时间的推移进行维护、更新和促进，并吸引NSF pi、州和地方政策制定者以及广大公众的大量选民？该项目包括形成性研究和需求评估、开发和交付原型，旨在激发潜在用户对进一步发展的反馈和建议；一份基于对美国、加拿大、澳大利亚和英国类似工作的比较分析的研究报告；还有一份建议报告，综合了我们所学到的知识，并记录了未来如果国家科学基金会决定开发一个完整的网站需要解决的问题。

Bridging NSF Science Research and InnovationInternationally, there has been a resounding call for publicly funded science research "to increase its contribution to innovation, economic performance and the fulfillment of social needs" (OECD 2004). In order to do so, there is a need to examine new strategies that will bridge NSF science research efforts, and state and local governments' desire to innovate in order to improve their citizens economic and social well being. This project lays the groundwork for new NSF initiatives that seek to bridge research and innovation more explicitly. The prototype and attendant research that it provides will serve to stimulate dialogue on innovative approaches to highlighting and strengthening NSF's role in innovation. This prototype will serve as a precursor to a fully developed web site should NSF decide to move in this direction. This project addresses the following research questions:1. What Web design structures, themes, resources, and functionalities would enable NSF, and its partners in state government and industry to highlight the "innovation chain" between NSF funded science research and innovation?2. What is the nature (in terms of content and structure) of similar Websites designed by other agencies (e.g. OECD) or other countries (e.g. Canada, Australia, UK) to report on and to highlight the relationship of science research to economic development, quality of life, and educational policy?3. What challenges involving both technical and human infrastructure would need to be addressed to move from such a prototype to a fully supported website that could be maintained, updated, and facilitated over time, and engage a large constituency of NSF PIs, state and local policy makers, and the public at large? The project includes formative research and a needs assessment, development and delivery of a prototype intended to stimulate feedback and suggestions for further development from potential users, a research report based of a comparative analysis of similar efforts within the US, Canada, Australia, and England, and a recommendations report that synthesizes what we have learned and documents issues that would need to be addressed in the future should NSF determine that a full website be developed.