Origins of Strategic Basic Research and International Practices

Authors

Ruhan A, Institutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China School of Public Policy and Management, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, ChinaFollow
Kejia YANG, Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture, University of Oslo, Oslo 0855, Norway
Cong WU, Institutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China School of Public Policy and Management, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Xiaoxuan LI, Institutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China School of Public Policy and Management, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, ChinaFollow

Keywords

strategic basic research; origins; international practices

Document Type

Consultation of Academic Divisions and Suggestion of Academicians: Strategic Basic Research

Abstract

Strategic basic research is a novel concept evolves along with the historical development and understanding of what constitutes as basic research. It evolves from the interactions among different communities and their changing practices, the management and new demand from the government, the changing relationship between public and scientific community and the changes of funding structures for science and technology. This paper first reviews the historical development and understanding of basic research so that to investigate how has the concept of strategic basic research evolved, and then it summarizes the international practices of management and funding of basic research in the USA, EU, and Japan so that to identify how they address the emerging need of strategic basic research in their own context.

First page

326

Last Page

335

Language

Chinese

Publisher

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Recommended Citation

A, Ruhan; YANG, Kejia; WU, Cong; and LI, Xiaoxuan (2022) "Origins of Strategic Basic Research and International Practices," Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version): Vol. 37 : Iss. 3 , Article 7.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.16418/j.issn.1000-3045.20220214001
Available at: https://bulletinofcas.researchcommons.org/journal/vol37/iss3/7