Research Briefings for the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the National Science Foundation, and Selected Federal Departments and Agencies, 1985

摘要

In 1982 the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) asked the National Academy complex to develop a series of briefings aimed at identifying research areas of unusual scientific opportunity within specific fields of science. The first set of briefings covered seven fields, and were presented in both oral and written form to senior officials of OSTP and the National Science Foundation (NSF) in late 1982. The briefings were presented subsequently to senior officials of other interested federal departments and agencies, and published as a collection by the National Academy Press. Responsibility for developing the briefings was given to the Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy (COSEPUP), a joint unit of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. Thus began the program of annual research briefings that with the publication of the volume will have completed four rounds and covered 28 topics.