Science and Technology Peer Review: Advanced Technology Development Program Review

Abstract

The science and technology (S&T) programs sponsored by the United States Department of the Navy (DoN) are divided into three major budget categories: 1) Basic Research (6.1) 2) Applied Research (6.2) 3) Advanced Technology Development (6.3) In 1999, DoN commissioned an internal review of the 6.3 program. A thirty-one member review panel met for one week to rate and comment on six evaluation criteria (Military Goal, Military Impact, Technical Approach/ Payoff, Program Executability, Transitionability (to more advanced development/ engineering budget categories or acquisition), Overall Item Evaluation) for each of the fifty- five presentation topics into which the mid-$500 million per year 6.3 program was categorized. This report describes the review process, documents insights gained from the review, summarizes key principles for a high-quality S&T evaluation process, and presents a network-centric protocol for future large-scale S&T reviews.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA418830

Entities

People

  • Rene Tshiteya
  • Robert Miller
  • Ronald Neil Kostoff

Organizations

  • Office of Naval Research

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

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  • Information Retrieval
  • Information Science
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  • Network Architecture
  • Quality Control
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  • Standards
  • Statistical Analysis
  • United States

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  • Business Analytics
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Defense Technology Research and Development.