Institutional Values Influence the Design and Evaluation of Transition Knowledge in Funding Proposals at Noaa

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ID10703702
AuthorsSteve Elliott (0000-0002-7736-1002, Office of Science and Technology Policy), Gina Eosco (0000-0001-5088-405X, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), Laura Newcomb (0000-0003-0222-1686, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), Joseph Conran (0000-0003-1163-989X, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
Year2023
Volume90
Issue5
Pages1286-1296
Publication date2023-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePhilosophy of Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0031-8248 • E-ISSN: 1539-767X
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/psa.2023.39
OpenAlexW4361004067
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited7

This article shows how institutional values influence the design and evaluation of arguments in funding proposals for research. We characterize a general argument made within proposals and several kinds of subarguments that contribute to it. We indicate that funders’ values inform the kinds of proposal documents funders require and their relative weighting of them. We illustrate these points by showing how a program office in the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) uses its public service mission to require and heavily weigh arguments to transition new knowledge to NOAA service providers, and we suggest conceptual questions raised by the use of transition knowledge

Administration (probate law) · Argument (complex analysis) · Business · Physics · Political science · Public relations · Service (business) · Transition (genetics) · Weighting · Computer Science · Evaluation and Performance Assessment · Law · Marketing · Medicine · Policy Transfer and Learning · Public Administration · scientometrics and bibliometrics research

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