Partners on the Frontier The Future of U.S.-Russian Cooperation in Science and Technology (1998) / Chapter Skim
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Conventional wisdom suggests that international cooperation might be leveraging R&D dollars in the United States, but it is unclear how much R&D spending goes to cooperative activities. Policymakers are being asked to justify international R&D spending, but there is no clear picture of the benefits of participating in cooperative R&D activities.
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Among the findings of the assessment of this particular case study were: · Jointly authored papers increased from 259 in 1985 to 351 in 1995, even while funding held constant in real terms. · The United States is leveraging foreign research dollars approximately dollar-for-dollar.
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His approach to the evaluation of the activities was to review program documents; review other U.S., Russian, and international publications; conduct a limited survey of knowledgeable Russian leaders; conduct interviews in Russia and the United States; and consider in more detail 33 case studies. His judgments on the relative success or failure of particular programs were based on (1)
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The most effective way to avoid overhead, taxes, social funds, and other government payments (which can total up to 85 percent of the funds) in the absence of special arrangements with the Russian government is to concentrate financial support on maintaining infrastructure and providing equipment and covering costs of travel and per diem and other direct expenses.
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There are also operational factors. These include a long-term commitment; the relationship between the parties; flexibility; a strategic versus a purely financial alliance; phasing of the program; compatibility of objectives; and training and technical assistance provided by the Western parties.
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The projects of most value to building a Russian economy are those that give the Russians a business proprietorship. EVALUATING SCIENTIFIC GRANTS PROGRAMS Kelly Robbins (National Research Council)
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The number of female applicants and grantees was diminishing, which might be the result of budget cuts at foreign institutes affecting females first. As would be expected, there has been an increase in foreigners using the grants to emigrate to the United States.
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