Pasteur's Quadrant: Basic Science and Technological Innovation Donald E. Stokes
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press

National Science and Technology Council's Subcommittee on Nanoscale Science, Engineering and Technology (NSTC/ NSET). Not exist (noscript) message in the property file. Unless on subscribes to some species of idealism or essentialism, strictly speaking the term basic or fundamental research has no meaning outside its use as a statistical household word: in other words it is historically and socially contingent . ÀWorld Wide Research: Reshaping the Science and Humanities》；. An increasing amount of fundamental science in applications-driven R&D, as defined in the Pasteur quadrant (Stokes 1997, Pasteur's Quadrant: Basic Science and Technological Innovation, Brookings Institution Press). Brookings Institute Press; 1997. The issues are informed by my experiences in the TSSG, where we conduct most of our research in Pasteur's Quadrant and in Edison's Quadrant. Stokes D: Pasteur's Quadrant: Basic Science and Technological Innovation. ÀInstructional Technology: past, present and future》；. Stokes has written a book entitled Pasteur's Quadrant: Basic Science and Technological Innovation. (2012) “Performance-based university research funding systems”, Research Policy, 41(2), 251-261. The punchline of the book is encapsulated in this article by Stokes [link]. In addition, health systems and policy research should be considered downstream, and should look at "policies, organizations and programs, but does not address clinical management of patients or basic scientific research" [2]. The quadrant of this typology that is concerned with fundamental understanding AND considerations of use is termed Pasteur's quadrant, or alternately “use-inspired basic research.” I reproduced a diagram from the book that illustrates the typology: Use-inspired basic research can advance both fundamental knowledge as well as technology. Which is a good thing because new (or better) technology enables new scientific questions to be asked. Issues of terminology around the idea of "Basic Research" in Science, Engineering and Technology. The definition of Health Systems Research used in this evaluation is based on the later .. ÀPasteur's Quadrant: Basic Science and Technological Innovation》；. He is Senior Advisor for Nanotechnology to the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the founding chair of the U.S.