EPSCoR Program Evaluation Report: Table of Contents

A. The EPSCoR Program and Its Evaluation

1. What Is the EPSCoR Program?
2. What Is the EPSCoR Evaluation?
3. What Were the Evaluation’s Main Conclusions? (A Preview)

B. Evaluation Findings

4. What Was EPSCoR’s Funding Practice?
5. Was EPSCoR Associated with Changes in Academic R&D Funding?
6. To What Extent Did EPSCoR Influence University-Government-Industry Relationships, University Research Infrastructures, and Research Competitiveness?

C. Policy and Program Implications

7. What Are the Evaluation’s Implications for EPSCoR Policy and Program Operations?

Exhibits

1. Hypothesized Program Events in EPSCoR States
2. Percent Share of Academic R&D Expenditures, by Sector
3. Shares of Federal Obligations for Academic Research, by Agency
4. EPSCoR States’ Share of Federal Academic R&D Expenditures
5. EPSCoR States’ Share of NSF Obligations
6. Percentage Changes in Federal Academic R&D, by Individual EPSCoR States, 1980-1984
7. Scientific Publications, by Cluster
8. Distribution of New Award Dollars, by Cluster

References


Preface \| Executive Summary \| Table of Contents Part A: EPSCoR Program and Its Evaluation \| Part B: Evaluation Findings \| Part C: Policy and Program Implications References

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