Science and Technology-Based Economic Development Programs in the States: A Study of Evaluation Efforts

各州基于科技的经济发展计划：评估工作研究

• 批准号: 9422433
• 负责人: Julia Melkers
• 金额: $ 8.05万
• 依托单位: Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1994
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1994-11-15 至 1996-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9422433&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Science; Technology; Based; Economic; Development

This research examines evaluation activities of science and technology-based programs at the state level in the United States. S&T-based programs are those that stimulate the science base or technology development in a geographic area with the purpose of attracting or stimulating industrial investment and development there. State S&T programs form an important part of the national effort to use its technical base to improve the economy and competitiveness. Understanding whether and how they work -- which is the job of evaluation--is thus significant for national well-being. The goal of this project is to survey the existing approaches and methods of evaluation in order to improve state-level practice. The project is organized into two phases. The first phase involves a telephone survey of state science and technology programs. The purpose of this first phase is twofold. First, it provides a fairly comprehensive inventory of current evaluation, it act as a screening device for the case study selection. This first phase of the project involves compiling data on evaluation activities in state technology-programs. The second phase of the project involves about several state programs that are active in evaluation activities. Selection of these cases based on materials gathered from the states and the mail survey data. This research is important because it will provide a unique data source on evaluation and assessment activities in the states. The results of this project will be beneficial to evaluation practitioners, managers/decision makers of state science and technology-based programs, and to the academic community. Importantly, it will provide a data source and access to information of individuals in state technology programs who either must conduct or are considering conducting some sort of assessment of their activities. It also has the potential to act as a networking mechanism for individuals interested in this topic.

本研究考察了美国州级科学技术项目的评估活动。 科技项目是指刺激某一地理区域的科学基础或技术发展的项目，其目的是吸引或刺激该地区的工业投资和发展。 国家科技计划是国家利用其技术基础提高经济和竞争力的重要组成部分。 因此，了解它们是否以及如何发挥作用（这是评估的工作）对于国家福祉具有重要意义。 该项目的目标是调查现有的评估方法和方法，以改进国家层面的实践。该项目分为两个阶段。第一阶段涉及对国家科技计划的电话调查。第一阶段的目的是双重的。首先，它提供了当前评估的相当全面的清单，它充当案例研究选择的筛选工具。该项目的第一阶段涉及汇编国家技术计划评估活动的数据。该项目的第二阶段涉及几个积极参与评估活动的国家计划。这些案例的选择基于从各州收集的材料和邮件调查数据。 这项研究很重要，因为它将提供有关各州评价和评估活动的独特数据源。该项目的成果将有益于评估从业者、国家科技项目的管理者/决策者以及学术界。 重要的是，它将提供数据源和对国家技术项目中必须进行或正在考虑对其活动进行某种评估的个人信息的访问。它还有可能充当对此主题感兴趣的个人的网络机制。