Setting Priorities and Coordinating Federal R&D Across Fields of Science: A Literature Review

Abstract

The National Science Board is presently exploring how the U.S. federal government sets priorities in research and development and whether changes are needed in the decision-making process. Accordingly, the NSB's Committee on Strategic Science and Engineering Policy Issues asked RAND's Science and Technology Policy Institute for a comprehensive review of the relevant literature and experience on R&D priority setting across fields of science. The resulting report surveys the literature to identify descriptions of the budget coordination and priority setting methodologies currently employed by the federal government as well as to examine critiques of currently employed methodologies. The report will be of interest to those with general interest in the realm of science and technology policy and specifically treats issues of priority setting and coordination of the federal R&D portfolio across fields of science.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA378851

Entities

People

  • Caroline S. Wagner
  • Donna L. Fossum
  • Steven W. Popper
  • William S. Stiles

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Best Practices
  • Climate Change
  • Cognition
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Environmental Protection
  • Federal Budgets
  • Governments
  • Interagency Coordination
  • Materials
  • Materials Science
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Public Policy
  • United States Government

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Systems Analysis and Design