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1 online resource (xii, 37 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Chairman: Richard N. Zare; Study Director: Norman Metzger. |
| Funding |
Supported by the National Science Foundation. MPS-8713825 |
| Contents |
""SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTERS""; ""Copyright""; ""PREFACE""; ""Contents""; ""EXECUTIVE SUMMARY""; ""FEATURES OF NSF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTERS""; ""NSF MANAGEMENT""; ""CAUTIONS""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""ECONOMIC COMPETITION, RESEARCH, AND THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION""; ""GOALS""; ""BALANCING MODES OF RESEARCH""; ""II. THE MISSION AND CHARACTERISTICS OF NSF-FUNDED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTERS""; ""WHAT ARE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTERS?""; ""THEME""; ""EDUCATION""; ""CENTERS AND THEIR UNIVERSITIES""; ""MODELS FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTERS""; ""OUTREACH AND PARTICIPATION"" |
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""III. SOLICITATION AND SELECTION OF PROPOSALS""""GENERAL GUIDELINES""; ""FUNDING, REVIEW, AND SELECTION""; ""CRITERIA FOR SELECTION""; ""Scientific Quality""; ""Intellectual Theme""; ""Education and Training""; ""Staffing""; ""Size and Cost""; ""Outreach and Participation""; ""IV. GOVERNANCE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTERS""; ""RELATIONSHIP TO UNIVERSITIES""; ""NSF REVIEW""; ""V. SOME CAUTIONARY OBSERVATIONS""; ""APPENDICES""; ""PANEL BIOGRAPHIES"" |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Research institutes -- United States.
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Research institutes. |
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United States. |
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Electronic books.
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Technical reports.
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Technical reports.
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| Added Author |
Zare, Richard N.
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Metzger, Norman, 1924-
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National Science Foundation (U.S.)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: National Academy of Sciences (U.S.). Panel on Science and Technology Centers. Science and technology centers. Washington, D.C. : National Academy of Sciences : [Available from the Panel on Science and Technology Centers], 1987 (OCoLC)16134598 |
| ISBN |
0309564662 (electronic book) |
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9780309564663 (electronic book) |
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0309062381 (paperback) |
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9780309062381 (paperback) |
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