Forces Shaping the U.S. Academic Engineering Research Enterprise (1995) / Chapter Skim
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Academic Engineering Research in a Changing World
Academic Engineering Research in a Changing World
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More than 200 scientists, engineers, educators, administrators, and science policy thinkers met at the National Academies in Washington and for two days discussed a broad range of issues facing the research community. What I took away from the Forum was not a set of crisp insights into the optimal role of the federal government in supporting the research enterprise.
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While I would not contend that the research enterprise is somehow "broke," if it were to break, the future of this nation would be at great risk. So I think it is time we engaged in some thoughtful reconsideration, perhaps some preventive maintenance, and a rethinking of our role as researchers and educators in the larger society.
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Over the past year or so, questions about how priorities are set within the research community and by the various federal agencies have come from a number of quarters in Congress. Various members have stressed their desire to have a research enterprise that is more reflective of and responsive to national societal goals.
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At NSF we have a long history of successful university-based research centers pioneered by our Engineering Division. In the coming fiscal year we expect to have 22 Engineering Research Centers working with more than 600 industrial partners.
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I want to turn now to the budget, which also gives us important signals about what the future holds for NSF and the research enterprise. I would like to discuss what it foretells for future budgets.
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The starkest example of this priority setting is the funding of the academic research infrastructure program. This program provides funds for the renovation of academic research facilities and for the purchase of largescale instrumentation.
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As I said earlier, this issue was the focus of many discussions at the Forum. In FY95, eight strategic areas receive a special focus in NSF's budget: high-performance computing and communications; global change research; advanced manufacturing technologies; science, mathematics, engineering, and technology education; biotechnology; advanced materials and processing; civil infrastructure systems; and environmental research.
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Challenges to the research community can be met in many ways. We can welcome the opportunity to make an even larger contribution in setting and responding to emerging national priorities, or we can seek to insulate ourselves from a world that is undergoing rapid and dramatic change.
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