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SIAMPI Press Release
01-06-2009
European consortium to measure impact of research on society
Measuring the scientific quality of research is common practice, but the question how to measure the impact of research on society is still largely unanswered. The reverse question is no less relevant: how does society impact science? A European consortium of knowledge/academic institutes called SIAMPI has received a EUR 800,000 grant from the European Commission to develop assessment methods to answer these questions. This effort, which is expected to take two years, is envisaged to produce a ready-to-use set of indicators to measure the (productive) interaction between science and society.
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