Global Emerging Sciences and Technology Assessment

Abstract

The goal of this project is to analyze all of the factors that provide guidance into choosing the best basic research investments for AFOSR outside the United States. Part 1 will focus on the Asia/Pacific Region, nominally the coverage area for the Asian Office of Aerospace Research and Development (AOARD). The study will take three different cuts into the Region: a broad look at what academic research institutions have grown to international prominence (through independent rating organizations) and trends related to that; a country specific detailed analysis for the nations most prominent in the region for S&T (Australia, India, Japan, Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan) along with some thoughts about smaller/emerging S&T nations (Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Thailand, and Vietnam) and the incredible growth in prominence of basic science in China (even though AFOSR cannot invest in that country); and, a discipline-specific analysis for the key science/technology areas of interest to AFOSR (Aeronautical/Space Sciences, Biotechnology, Brain/Cognitive Science, Chemistry/Materials Sciences, Computer Science, Mathematics, and Physics/Electronics).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 21, 2015
Accession Number
ADA630953

Entities

People

  • Peter Friedland

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Asia
  • Australia
  • Biological Sciences
  • Biotechnology
  • Chemistry
  • Cognitive Science
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Engineering
  • Materials
  • Materials Science
  • New Zealand
  • Physics
  • Space Sciences
  • Technology Assessment
  • United States

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology
  • Microelectronics
  • Space