1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910782923503321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : National Academies Press, c2004

ISBN

0-309-18213-1

1-280-20915-1

9786610209156

0-309-53982-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 p.)

Disciplina

001.4/0973

Soggetti

Research institutes - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Contains bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

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."