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Linking research and application.(Brief Article)
IIE Solutions, May, 2000
The National Science Foundation wants to shorten the link between fundamental science and engineering discoveries and their application. To accomplish this, NSF is soliciting proposals for a new Partnerships for Innovation Program. "This is an effort to formalize connections between knowledge and its use, to ensure that taxpayer money does work at the frontier -- but that the knowledge generated doesn't lie fallow there," said NSF Deputy Director Joseph Bordogna.
"We want to 'grease the skids,' so to speak. This connection is made informally now in many of our programs, but we want it to work better." The program reflects NSF'S strategic plan for 2000-05, which defines its vision as "enabling the nation's future through discovery, learning, and...
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