Dr. Lowen is working under this postdoctoral fellowship at Johns Hopkins University with Professors Stuart W. Leslie and Robert Kargon on "Postwar Funders of Academic Science and Engineering: The Relationship between the Federal Government, Industry, Universities and Developments in Science and Technology." As part of the training component of this postdoctoral fellowship, Dr. Lowen will study the development of technologically-oriented regions, focussing on the interaction between universities,local and state governments,and industry. For the research component of this fellowship, she will extend her previous work on the relationship between academic science and engineering and government funding agencies, particularly the Office of Naval Research and the Atomic Energy Committee. Her dissertation study on "Defense, Industry and the University: The Origins of the Relationship and its Impact on Academia, 1938-64," focussed on the academic side of this relationship. With this fellowship, she will concentrate on using the wealth of governmental sources available in the Washington, D. C. area to examine the government viewpoint of these developments. These studies promise to greatly enhance our understanding of the intricate and critically important relationships among science and technology, universities, and governmental and industrial research sponsors.

Agency
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Institute
Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SES)
Application #
8902853
Program Officer
Ronald J. Overmann
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
1990-01-01
Budget End
1990-12-31
Support Year
Fiscal Year
1989
Total Cost
$28,000
Indirect Cost
Name
Individual Award
Department
Type
DUNS #
City
Baltimore
State
MD
Country
United States
Zip Code
21201