Completed
From our highways, railways, and waterways to our national broadband capacity, our electric grid, and our schools, America's infrastructure is deteriorating rapidly. Despite pressing infrastructure needs, financial resource scarcity in a depressed economy and competing priorities for government and private funding have largely held back progressive investment in infrastructure repairs and new development. At this GUIRR meeting, participants explored the potential implications of underinvestment in infrastructure, as well as the role that public and private sector entities may play in succeeding or failing to provide optimal infrastructure for robust economic growth and achievement of America's science and technology research goals.
Description
An ad hoc committee will organize a public meeting and discussion (in a workshop format) on the potential impacts of underinvesting in infrastructure, particularly with regard to achieving America's science and technology research goals. The committee will identify and invite key participants from the government, university, and industry sectors to make presentations and participate in the discussion. The focus will be on what role each sector may play in ensuring optimal infrastructure and how partnerships between sectors can advance infrastructure projects. A brief, individually-authored meeting summary will be issued.
Contributors
Staff
Susan Sauer Sloan
Lead
Major units and sub-units
National Academy of Sciences
Collaborator
National Academy of Medicine
Collaborator
Policy and Global Affairs
Lead
Government-University-Industry-Philanthropy Research Roundtable
Lead
U.S. Science and Innovation Policy
Lead