Strategic research in the social sciences

Technical Report · Sun Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:281118

Bainbridge, W S

The federal government has identified a number of multi-agency funding initiatives for science in strategic areas, such as the initiatives on global environmental change and high performance computing, that give some role to the social sciences. Seven strategic areas for social science research are given with potential for federal funding: (1) Democratization. (2) Human Capital. (3) Administrative Science. (4) Cognitive Science. (5) High Performance Computing and Digital Libraries. (6) Human Dimensions of Environmental Change. and (7) Human Genetic Diversity. The first two are addressed in detail and the remainder as a group. 10 refs.

• Research Organization: Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 281118
• Report Number(s): CONF-9503256-; TRN: 96:004295-0015
• Resource Relation: Conference: 11. forum of 1995 Vannevar Bush II Science for the 21st century: why should federal dollars be spent to support scientific research?, Research Triangle Park, NC (United States), 2-3 Mar 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Sigma XI forum - Vannevar Bush II: Science for the 21st century; PB: 276 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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