Managing the New Multipurpose, Multidiscipline University Research Center: Institutional Innovation in the Academic Community

One of the most dramatic changes in U.S. policy in decades, largely undocumented, is the gradual shift from funding individual projects to funding science centers. This study includes historical analysis of the evolution of science centers, focusing...

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By

Barry Bozeman

Professor

Georgia Institute of Technology School of Public Policy 894-0093 barry.bozeman@pubpolicy.gatech.edu

One of the most dramatic changes in U.S. policy in decades, largely undocumented, is the gradual shift from funding individual projects to funding science centers. This study includes historical analysis of the evolution of science centers, focusing on the new (post-1975) science and technology centers and explores what are the management imperatives resulting from this new mode of organizing scientific research. nsf, national science foundationCollaboration: Networks and Partnerships

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