Setting priorities for large research facility projects supported by the National Science Foundation 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.

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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : National Academies Press, c2004.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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."