The National Academies: Advisers to the Nation on Science, Engineering, and Medicine

Committee on Setting Priorities for NSF-sponsored Large Research Facility Projects

Abbreviated Statement of Task

In response to a Congressional request, the committee conducting this study will examine how the National Science Foundation sets priorities among multiple competing proposals for construction and operation of large-scale research facility projects for a diverse array of disciplines and will make recommendations regarding how to make the priority-setting process as effective as possible, taking into account NSF’s significant role in funding academic research in science and engineering in the United States.

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Final report released January 14, 2004 at 10 am.
On Wednesday, January 14, 2004 at 10 am EST, the National Academies’ Committee on Setting Priorities for NSF-Sponsored Large Research Facility Projects publicly released its report. This event, which took place at the National Academies Keck Center at 500 5th Street, NW in Room 100, was open to the public.
View the report in prepublication form (PDF) or visit the National Academies Press to read it online.
Briefing charts for the January 14^th presentation are available here.

Information About the Study

Charge to the Committee

Originating Letter from U.S. Congress (212KB PDF)

Committee Membership, Staff, and Biographies

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William Brinkman, Chair, Princeton University
David H. Auston, Kavli Foundation
Persis Drell, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Alan Dressler, Observatories of the Carnegie Institution
William Friend, Bechtel Group (retired)
Bruce Hevly, University of Washington
Wesley T. Huntress, Carnegie Institution of Washington
Sir Chris Llewellyn-Smith, University of Oxford
Lee Magid, University of Tennessee
Marc Pelaez, US Navy (retired) and Newport News Shipbuilding (retired)
Robert H. Rutford, University of Texas at Dallas
Joseph Taylor, Princeton University
Michael Telson, University of California
David Tilman, University of Minnesota

Committee Meetings (Schedules and Agendas)

The committee is scheduled to conduct its study over the course of 12 months with up to four full meetings.

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Final report

The committee’s final report will be released in prepublication form on January 14, 2004 at 10am EST. The report will be available electronically on this website at that time for review.

Links to Related Sites

Current Projects System: Information about FACA compliance for this Committee

The U.S. National Science Foundation

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