Public Access to Federally Funded Research: Contributions to Economic Development, Competitiveness, and Innovation.

摘要

As interest in ensuring public access to the results of research fundednwith public tax dollars continues to grow, this issue has consistentlynrisen in profile in public policy conversations, in the US and aroundnthe world. As research funders, both private and public, gain experience inndeploying policies that require expanded access to their funded research, therenhas been an increasing emphasis on attempting to quantify the social andneconomic returns to the public that might result from such policies, and thenpotential contributions that greater access can make to national economicndevelopment, competiveness, and innovation efforts. There have been annumber of recent reports and initiatives, both domestic and international,nthat have made substantive contributions to our understanding of this issue,nand that are worth noting.