[PDF] Federally Funded Research And Development Centers Publication Series eBook

Author : U S Government Accountability Office (G
Publisher : BiblioGov
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 40,68 MB
Release : 2013-08
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ISBN : 9781289291884

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Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the national defense role of federally funded research and development centers (FFRDC), specifically: (1) the relationships of FFRDC with their sponsoring agencies; (2) compliance with government-wide policy on establishing and placing work with FFRDC; and (3) exemption of FFRDC from competitive procurement requirements. GAO found that: (1) because sponsoring agencies generally regarded FFRDC as objective, competent, flexible, and convenient, they generally did not place work with FFRDC on a competitive basis; (2) FFRDC generally carried out their research work within their charters; (3) the lack of competition limited the government's ability to know whether entities other than FFRDC could do work better or at less cost; and (4) some agencies successfully use Broad Agency Announcements to invite proposals for research.

Author : United States. Defense Science Board
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Page : pages
File Size : 21,30 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Military research
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The Defense Science Board FFRDC & UARC Independent Advisory Task Force was established in November 1995 to provide advice on DoD's management of its 11 Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDC) and 6 University Affiliated Research Centers (UARC).' The Task Force is charged with reviewing and advising the Department on: the objectives and guidelines for appropriate scope of work, organizational structure, and size of the FFRDCs and UARCs; compliance with the annual DoD Management Plan; the sponsor's management processes; the level and appropriateness of non-DoD work; and the thoroughness of the FFRDC five-year review process. The Task Force will also periodically review selected FFRDC and UARC programs and conduct an independent semi-annual review of progress against recommendations. This report is limited to FFRDCs. The UARC review will be conducted in the fall of 1996 and the report published in the first half of 1997. This is the initial report of the Task Force. The findings and recommendations in this report are the unanimous conclusions of the Members of the Task Force.

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Page : 209 pages
File Size : 18,67 MB
Release : 1997
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The Defense Science Board FFRDC & UARC Independent Advisory Task Force was established in November 1995 to provide advice on DoD's management of its 11 Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDC) and 6 University Affiliated Research Centers (UARC).' The Task Force is charged with reviewing and advising the Department on: the objectives and guidelines for appropriate scope of work, organizational structure, and size of the FFRDCs and UARCs; compliance with the annual DoD Management Plan; the sponsor's management processes; the level and appropriateness of non-DoD work; and the thoroughness of the FFRDC five-year review process. The Task Force will also periodically review selected FFRDC and UARC programs and conduct an independent semi-annual review of progress against recommendations. This report is limited to FFRDCs. The UARC review will be conducted in the fall of 1996 and the report published in the first half of 1997. This is the initial report of the Task Force. The findings and recommendations in this report are the unanimous conclusions of the Members of the Task Force.

Author : Albert N. Link
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Page : pages
File Size : 39,56 MB
Release : 2022-03-09
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ISBN : 9781680839449

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The Returns to Publicly Funded R&D focuses on the returns to U.S. public-sector investments in R&D and the accompanying new empirical analysis relates specifically to the returns to public-sector R&D expenditures in U.S. Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs). One motivation for studying the rates of return to public-sector R&D is the paucity of existing literature on the topic. However, there are two other important motivations for studying the rates of returns to public-sector R&D: a public accountability motivation and a mandated public policy motivation. Although the analysis of investments in R&D in FFRDCs presented herein is econometrics based, there is however a frequently overlooked program evaluation literature that also offers insight into the rates of returns to public-sector R&D. Examples of the program evaluation literature is presented in Section 3 for completeness as well as to illustrate a broader rate of return concept than that presented in the econometrics-based literature. U.S. legislative actions to increase publicly funded R&D in support of private-sector R&D are discussed in Section 4. For the purpose of providing context, a brief history of FFRDCs in the United States is presented in Section 5. FFRDCs have surprisingly been an overlooked element of the public-sector ecosystem that supports public-sector research. An empirical analysis of U.S. public-sector R&D expenditures in FFRDCs, and the associated scientific publications, is presented and discussed in Section 6. Concluding observations about the themes discussed throughout this monograph are offered in Section 7.

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Page : 11 pages
File Size : 50,67 MB
Release : 2017
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RAND houses three defense-based federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs): the Arroyo Center, sponsored by the U.S. Army; the National Defense Research Institute, sponsored by the Office of the Secretary of Defense and other elements of the Department of Defense; and Project AIR FORCE, sponsored by the U.S. Air Force. These FFRDCs apply the "research capital" they have developed over the years to help decisionmakers not only solve problems but also save money. This publication lists and summarizes recent projects that have helped save the government money or identified ways to do so. Dollar amounts are estimated. Benefits of these projects include savings achieved or under way (e.g., from studies of military pay increases and DoD supply chain integration), savings projected if RAND recommendations are implemented by the government (e.g., from studies of aircraft carrier alternatives and military retirement reforms), and savings enabled by RAND's independent validation.