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SGE wishes everyone a safe and prosperous new year. The latest SGE Bulletin will be available shortly with news about the 2009 SGE sessions at the ASSA meetings in San Francisco.
SGE Luncheon
January 15, 2009
How the National Science Foundation Funds Research
in EconomicsDr. Nancy Lutz, National Science Foundation
For several decades, the National Science Foundation has played a critical role in supporting economic research, including pivotal research by leading institutions and well known figures in economics. Yet, NSF’s importance in influencing economic research and discourse in the United States may not be widely known outside of academic circles. Its grants program in economics supports research designed to improve our understanding of the processes and institutions of the economy, and it supports research in almost every area of economics. In its selection of research projects for funding, NSF uses two general criteria of scientific merit: intellectual merit and the broader impacts of the proposed activities. Dr. Lutz will discuss these criteria and the effects they have had in promoting economic research.
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