A National Framework for “Big Science” Projects

Sometimes doing good science means expensive infrastructure that only the government can afford. But how should government decide which "big science" projects are worth funding? To make such decisions as rational as possible, NSERC and the National Research Council are developing a Framework for Evaluating Big Science proposals.

Examples of "Big Science" projects are the Canadian Light Source and the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO).

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NSERC President Tom Brzustowski Invites Research Community to Comment on National Framework for “Big Science” Projects