Center for Science, Technology, and Economic Development (CSTED) > Selected Reports

Centers of Excellence Program Evaluation: ERC, CREST, IUCRC, and S/IUCRC

• National and Regional Economic Impacts of Engineering Research Centers: A Pilot Study 2008
  
  • Summary (PDF, 0.6 MB)
  • Full Report (PDF, 1.9 MB)

• The Economic Impact on Georgia of Georgia Tech's Packaging Research Center 2004
  
  
• The Impact on Industry of Interaction with Engineering Research Centers Repeat Study 2004
  Conducted for the National Science Foundation, this study repeated, in modified form, the original 1997 study with a second generation of ERCs that began operation in 1994-1996.  This study, completed in 2004, identified the specific benefits industrial ERC members receive from their use of ERC activities and resources such as research outputs, access to facilities, and technical advice from faculty, and provided measures of the overall impact on firms of their ERC membership.    

• The Impact on Industry of Interaction with Engineering Research Centers 1997
  This large scale study is based primarily on a survey of about 450 companies that participate in all 18 (as of 1994) of NSF's Engineering Research Centers. The methodology also includes case studies, a focus group, and follow-up telephone interviews. The primary purpose of the study is to identify and analyze the benefits companies realize through their participation in the ERCs.
  
  
• The Impact of Engineering Research Centers on Institutional and Cultural Change in Participating Universities 2001
  
  
• Documenting Engineering Research Centers Graduation Paths toward Self-sufficiency: Second Year Report 2000
  
  
• Outcomes and Impacts of the State/Industry-University Cooperative Research Centers (S/IUCRC) Program 2000
  
  • Appendix B: S/IUCRC Survey Questionnaire
  • Appendix C: IUCRC Survey Questionnaire
    
    
• Evaluation of NSF Programs for Research Improvement in Minority Institutions (RIMI) and Centers for Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) 1998
  The evaluation report involves a multidimensional analysis of two NSF programs designed to help strengthen the research and education base at higher education institutions with significant minority enrollments. The report involves: 1) a review of program information; 2) a series of site visit interviews; 3) surveys of faculty, students, researchers at affiliated institutions.
  
  • Report (PDF, 1.2 MB)
  • Appendix (PDF, 367 KB)