Enabling Discoveries: the NSF Advanced Technologies and Instrumentation Program
Abstract
The Advanced Technologies and Instrumentation (ATI) program within the Division of Astronomical Sciences at the National Science Foundation funds enabling technology and instrumentation for ground-based astronomy. We performed a literature review of nearly 500 awards over the thirty-year history of ATI, with particular emphasis on radio - submillimeter astronomy. A literature citation analysis shows that ATI awards have similar impact statistics as astronomy research awards. The impact of ATI is compared to other disciplines and placed in the context of emerging results from the "science of science." A longitudinal perspective illustrates how technology development in astronomy enables scientific discoveries.
- Publication:
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American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #233
- Pub Date:
- January 2019
- Bibcode:
- 2019AAS...23323807K