TLS: Revealing Innovation Pathways

TLS：揭示创新途径

• 批准号: 1064146
• 负责人: Alan Porter
• 金额: $ 39.88万
• 依托单位: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-05-01 至 2015-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1064146&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: TLS; Revealing; Innovation; Pathways

The innovation potential of New and Emerging Sciences and Technologies (NESTs) is great, but also fraught with uncertainty. The choice of appropriate innovation pathways is crucial so that development pursues the most promising applications, both in technological terms and to meet market and societal needs. This project develops a methodological framework and associated tools to analyze NESTs to help policy makers and R&D managers make decisions. The particular focus is on Molecular Diagnostics and Nano-enhanced Drug Delivery Systems, Intellectual Merit: The project builds on previous work advancing text mining of Science, Technology & Innovation (STI) data, STI indicators, and science mapping (see www.idr.gatech.edu). These approaches and tools have proven useful in research assessments, particularly of interdisciplinary research. The project adapts these tools to permit prospective analyses of technological applications using both quantitative and qualitative approaches to illuminate potential innovation pathways for emerging technologies under study. The particular approach used is a multi-perspective mapping methodology that connects the scientific developments and the visions that drive technological innovation. Broader impactThe design of the study is to engage a range of stakeholders, policy-makers, and R&D managers -- specifically those engaged with NESTs and in biomedical research. One aim is to enhance visual representations of innovation processes by providing novel and accessible biomedical research maps (based on NIH descriptors) and technology maps (based on patent classes) to enable users to locate R&D activities in the STI landscape. The two NEST case studies improve the translation of biomedical research into healthcare gains. In sum, the tools help science policy-makers, and technology managers devise and execute effective technology development strategies.

新兴科学技术（NEST）的创新潜力巨大，但也充满不确定性。选择适当的创新途径至关重要，以便开发能够追求最有前途的应用，无论是在技术方面还是满足市场和社会需求。该项目开发了一个方法框架和相关工具来分析 NEST，以帮助政策制定者和研发经理做出决策。特别关注的是分子诊断和纳米增强药物输送系统、智力优势：该项目建立在之前推进科学、技术与创新 (STI) 数据文本挖掘、STI 指标和科学绘图的工作基础上（参见 www.idr. gatech.edu）。事实证明，这些方法和工具在研究评估中非常有用，尤其是跨学科研究。 该项目采用这些工具，允许使用定量和定性方法对技术应用进行前瞻性分析，以阐明正在研究的新兴技术的潜在创新途径。 使用的特定方法是多视角绘图方法，它将科学发展和推动技术创新的愿景联系起来。更广泛的影响 该研究的设计是为了吸引一系列利益相关者、政策制定者和研发经理——特别是那些参与 NEST 和生物医学研究的人。目标之一是通过提供新颖且易于理解的生物医学研究地图（基于 NIH 描述符）和技术地图（基于专利类别）来增强创新过程的视觉呈现，使用户能够定位 STI 领域的研发活动。 这两个 NEST 案例研究改善了生物医学研究向医疗保健成果的转化。总之，这些工具可以帮助科学政策制定者和技术管理者制定和执行有效的技术开发战略。