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Advancing Policy Through Science.

How does science policy impact our society? A network of researchers are applying tools of science to understand the impact of our nation’s science policy on America’s innovation, economy, and society. By conducting research to develop models, analytical tools, data and metrics, decision makers are able to better understand the impact and allocation of scientific resources.
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  • Technology

The Cost of Research Tools and the Direction of Innovation: Evidence from Comput ...

We examine how a change in the cost of access to knowledge influences the…

Published: January 11, 2018
direction of innovation, research costs
  • Economics
  • Policy

Choosing Skilled Foreign-Born Workers: Evaluating Alternative Methods for Alloca ...

The H-1B program allows highly educated foreign-born labor to temporarily work in the United…

Published: December 17, 2017
economic impact, h-1b, visas
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  • Sociology

The Misleading Narrative of the Canonical Faculty Productivity Trajectory

In a study of the timing of over 200,000 publications by professors in Computer…

Published: September 18, 2017
career trajectory, computer science, data analysis, productivity, sociology
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  • Economics

Crowdfunding and Regional Entrepreneurial Investment: An Application of the Crow ...

Crowdfunding platforms enable individuals to solicit small investments, donations, or loans over the Internet…

Published: September 07, 2017
crowdfunding, entrepreneurship, regional economics
  • Policy

The Applied Value of Public Investments in Biomedical Research

Scientists and policy-makers have long argued that public investments in science have practical applications.…

Published: March 30, 2017
patent, public investment
  • Business

Expand Innovation Finance via Crowdfunding

Crowdfunding has the potential to draw venture capital to regions with successful technology campaigns.

Published: December 12, 2016
crowdfunding, kickstarter, venture capital

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Featured Investigators

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    Sandy Yu

    University of Minnesota

  • Florenta Teodoridis headshot

    Florenta Teodoridis

    University of Southern California

  • Aya Kimura headshot

    Aya Kimura

    University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

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Research in the Media

  • Immigration Policies Affecting the Highly Skilled: Effects on Innovation and Productivity in US Firms
    • European Economic Review
    • Vox
    • National Bureau of Economic Research Digest
  • The Effect of the H-1B Quota on Employment and Selection of Foreign-Born Labor
    economics21.org
  • The Misleading Narrative of the Canonical Faculty Productivity Trajectory
    • timeshighereducation.com
    • chronicle.com
    • insidehighered.com
    • colorado.edu
    • sciencemag.org
  • Expand Innovation Finance via Crowdfunding
    sciencemag.org
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Program Goals

1

Advance evidence-based decision making in science and innovation policy.

2

Build a community to study science and innovation policy.

3

Leverage the experience of other countries and industries.

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Submit Your Research

As a vehicle for disseminating research, we invite the science and innovation policy research community to submit their work and contribute to this website.

submission Forms:

  • Research Submission Form
  • PI Submission Form
This project is funded by an NSF grant, and administered by The Fung Institute of UC Berkeley.

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