Comments on: Origins of Dated Federal R&D Policy http://scienceprogress.org/2008/07/origins-of-dated-federal-rd-policy/ Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:59:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: maxi789 http://scienceprogress.org/2008/07/origins-of-dated-federal-rd-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-2626 maxi789 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:07:26 +0000 http://www.scienceprogress.org/2008/07/origins-of-dated-federal-rd-policy/#comment-2626 This case study is one of the results of the “policy mix” project funded by the European Commission (DG Research). The overall purpose of the “policy mix” project is to develop a framework to help policy-makers build more efficient policy mixes with the view of raising R&D investments in their country. The underlying idea of the project is that impacts on R&D should be viewed as the results of a combination of interacting policies, rather than the product of policies acting in isolation from each other. While the focus of this work is on impacts on R&D, the scope of policies considered as part of the policy mix is however much broader than what is traditionally considered as R&D policy instruments: this scope includes all types of instruments from any policy areas, which directly or indirectly affect the R&D domain. A policy mix (targeted at R&D investments) is defined as: “the combination of policy instruments, which interact to influence the quantity and quality of R&D investments in public and private sectors.” =========================================================== maxi [ [Illinois Drug Treatment] ] This case study is one of the results of the “policy mix” project funded by the
European Commission (DG Research).
The overall purpose of the “policy mix” project is to develop a framework to help
policy-makers build more efficient policy mixes with the view of raising R&D
investments in their country. The underlying idea of the project is that impacts on
R&D should be viewed as the results of a combination of interacting policies, rather
than the product of policies acting in isolation from each other.
While the focus of this work is on impacts on R&D, the scope of policies considered
as part of the policy mix is however much broader than what is traditionally
considered as R&D policy instruments: this scope includes all types of instruments
from any policy areas, which directly or indirectly affect the R&D domain. A policy
mix (targeted at R&D investments) is defined as: “the combination of policy
instruments, which interact to influence the quantity and quality of R&D investments
in public and private sectors.”
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maxi

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]]> By: Michael A. Shea http://scienceprogress.org/2008/07/origins-of-dated-federal-rd-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-2533 Michael A. Shea Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:20:23 +0000 http://www.scienceprogress.org/2008/07/origins-of-dated-federal-rd-policy/#comment-2533 The obstacle to changing our policies and budgets is that there is nothing like Sputnik to jumpstart the process - or even the debate. Our science policies are a long-term trend and the negative results are stretched out over the long term. This is going to take a lot of leadership, but from below. When budgets at all levels of government start to have better priorities, the results will be remarkably far-reaching. We can solve problems in educational gaps, energy, transportation, health care, and the standard of living with the right investments. The political equivalent of a Sputnik would no doubt help. But a forward-looking state government and governor could also jumpstart the process. The obstacle to changing our policies and budgets is that there is nothing like Sputnik to jumpstart the process – or even the debate.

Our science policies are a long-term trend and the negative results are stretched out over the long term. This is going to take a lot of leadership, but from below. When budgets at all levels of government start to have better priorities, the results will be remarkably far-reaching. We can solve problems in educational gaps, energy, transportation, health care, and the standard of living with the right investments.

The political equivalent of a Sputnik would no doubt help. But a forward-looking state government and governor could also jumpstart the process.

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