Theme: Peer-Informed Review of Proposals for High-Risk High-Reward Research
Speaker: Richard N. Zare Professor, Stanford University
Moderator: Liang Zheng
Associate Professor, SPPM, Tsinghua University
Assistant Director, China Institute for Science &Technology Policy at Tsinghua University (CISTP)
Discussant:
Luo Hui
Researcher, Dean of National Academy of Innovation Strategy
Chen Zhaoying
Researcher, Former Deputy Director of National Center for Science & Technology Evaluation
Consultant of Evaluation Office of UNEP
Date: November 4(Friday),2016
Time: 14:00-16:00
Venue: Room 302, School of Public Policy and management, Tsinghua University
Language: English
Dialogue Synopsis:
Prof. Zare propose a new funding mechanism through “Informed Peer Review” to meet the challenge where the on the going peer review system performed poorly in selecting and nurturing the High-risk and High Reward proposals. He will discuss the characteristics of the new mechanism in different dimensions including recruitment, management and evaluation, and open for discussion and suggestions.
Speaker Biography:
Prof. Zare Born in 1939 and received his B.A. degree in chemistry and physics in 1961 and his Ph.D. in chemical physics in 1964 from Harvard University. He is the Marguerite Blake Wilbur Professor in Natural Science at Stanford University. Prof. Zare chaired the National Research Council's Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications during 1992-1995, and chaired the National Science Board the last two years of his 1992-1998 service. In 1997-2000 Professor Zare served as the Chair of the President's National Medal of Science Selection Committee. And most recently in 2012 Professor Zare was appointed chair of the Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy (COSEPUP) of the three academies, the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. Prof. Zare is member of National Academy of Sciences (1976), the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1976), American Philosophical Society (1991), and the World Jewish Academy of Sciences (2004). Fellow of TWAS, Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (2009). Non-Resident Fellow of the Joint Institute of Laboratory Astrophysics (1969). Foreign Member of the Royal Society (London) (1999), the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2004), and the Swedish Royal Academy of Engineering Sciences (2004).He was also awarded Welch Award in Chemistry (1999), the Einstein Professorship of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2011), and the International Science and Technology Cooperation Award of the People's Republic of China (2012) and other numerous honors.
