Setting priorities for large research facility projects supported by the National Science Foundation [electronic resource] : Committee on Setting Priorities for NSF-Sponsored Large Research Facility Projects ; Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy, Policy and Global Affairs Division ; Board on Physics and Astronomy, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences ; The National Academies.
Publication details: Washington, DC : National Academies Press, c2004.Description: xx, 215 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:- Q180.6.U6 S486 2004eb
Contains bibliographical references.
Description of National Science Foundation's current process -- Concerns about National Science Foundation's current priority-setting process -- Recommendations -- Implementing the recommendations -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Appendixes. A. Committee and professional staff biographical information -- B. Charge to the committee and origins of the study -- C. Histories of projects funded by NSF -- D. Approval processes in other agencies and other countries -- E. Examples of criteria used to prioritize or select research projects -- F. NSF background materials -- G. Executive summary of COSEPUP report "Major award decisionmaking at the National Science Foundation."
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