Based primarily on a conference, this book examines the need for interventions to increase the number of US students, both males and females, pursuing careers in the sciences and engineering…

Examines interdisciplinary research efforts and recommends ways to stimulate and support such research. This report identifies steps that researchers, teachers, students, institutions, funding organizations, and disciplinary societies can take to…

The ability of the nation’s military to prevail during future conflicts, and to fulfill its humanitarian and other missions, depends on continued advances in the nation’s technology base. A workforce…

The primary federal program designed to ensure that all states are capable of participating the nation’s research enterprise fall under the general rubric of the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive…

Reviews the evolution of strategic alliances involving US and Japanese companies in the semiconductor industry and analyzes whether alliances can contribute to the renewal of an industry faced with stiff…

Steps Toward Large-Scale Data Integration in the Sciences summarizes a National Research Council (NRe workshop to identify some of the major challenges that hinder large-scale data integration in the sciences…

Based on a report of a workshop held in 2003 to address best practices and remaining challenges with respect to national laboratory-university collaborations.

This book assesses the nation’s future needs for biomedical and behavioral scientists and the role the National Research Service Awards (NRSA) program can play in meeting those needs. The year…