Assessing International Collaboration Opportunities for Science and Technology Innovation: Methods and Approaches

在许多研究领域，美国正在失去其作为顶级开发者和创新者的领导地位，而不是在其他国家和地区取得越来越大的成功。必须不断分析全球科学格局，以确定具体国家，包括某些科学和技术领域的“新来者”，这代表了美国继续参与科学发展和创新的机会，以确保从医学到工业到通信等发展领域不会失去富有成效的机会。这个跨学科的拟议研讨会旨在制定新的办法和方法，以确定与国际伙伴的创新伙伴关系和合作机会，这些伙伴关系和合作机会是互利的，有助于实现国家科学、技术和经济发展目标。拟议讲习班的目标之一是讨论这种分析的新的和经过验证的方法以及现有数据的来源。通过这次研讨会，学术界的资深学者、产业界的从业者、政府的决策者等将共同努力，形成有助于比较创新参与战略的科学报告，积极寻求与具有互补性创新能力的国家合作的机会，促进知识和技术的转移。随着创新的步伐不断加快，我们也需要在潜在的工作伙伴的能力在国际上得到确立和认可之前就确定他们。一个基于一系列可衡量和可辩护的指标来识别各个科学创新领域的“后起之秀”的预测模型将使美国能够更好地利用现有的研究关系并建立新的关系。这些知识将使美国更好地获得各种新兴技术的知识，确保国内与国际市场的竞争力，推动美国传统盟友以外的科学外交机会，并支持我们的国家安全利益。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

In many research sectors, the United States is losing its leadership role as a top developer and innovator in lieu of rising successes in other countries and regions. It is critical to continuously perform an analysis of the global science landscape to identify specific countries, including "newcomers" in certain science and technology fields, which represent opportunitiesfor the United States to remain engaged with the cusp of scientific development and innovation to ensure that no fruitful opportunities are lost in development areas ranging from medicine to industry to communication.This interdisciplinary proposed workshop seeks to develop novel approaches and methodologies to identify innovation partnerships and collaboration opportunities with international partners that are mutually beneficial and contribute to national science, technology, and economic development goals. Among the goals of the proposed workshop are discussions of novel and proven methodologies for such an analysis, and sources of available data. This workshop is expected to yield state-of-the-science reports that will be instrumental to our knowledge of comparative innovation engagement strategies, comprising efforts from senior scholars in academia, practitioners in industry, and decision makers in government.It is imperative to actively seek opportunities to partner with other countries that have complementary innovation capabilities and facilitate the transfer of knowledge and technology. As the pace of innovation continues to grow, so too does our need to identify potential working partners well before their proficiency is internationally established and recognized. A predictive model that identifies "up-and coming" players for various fields of scientific innovation, based on a set of measurable and defensibleindicators, will allow the US to better leverage current research relationships and forge new ones. This knowledge will grant the US better access to and knowledge of various emerging technologies, ensure domestic competitiveness with international markets, advance the opportunities for science diplomacy beyond the US's traditional allies, and support our national security interests.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.