
	Thursday, July 21
8:30 am	Coffee & Pastries
9:00 am	INTRODUCTION AND WELCOME: Paula Stephan, Georgia State University and NBER and Reinhilde Veugelers, KU Leuvin Adam Falk, President, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
9:15 am	SESSION I: SCIENCE TO INNOVATION
	From Public to Private: Magnitude and Channels of R&D Spillovers Antonin Bergeaud, HEC Paris Arthur Guillouzouic Le Corff, Paris School of Economics & IPP Emeric Henry, Sciences Po Clement Malgouyres, CREST-IPP Discussant: Shawn Kantor, Florida State University and NBER
	The Wandering Scholars: Understanding Heterogeneity of University Commercialization Josh Lerner, Harvard University and NBER Carolyn Stein, University of California, Berkeley Heidi L. Williams, Dartmouth College and NBER Discussant: Ashish Arora, Duke University and NBER
10:30 am	Break
10:45 am	SESSION II: CHINA
	The Impact of U.S.-China Tensions on U.S. Science (slides) Ruixue Jia, University of California, San Diego and NBER Margaret E. Roberts, University of California, San Diego Ye Wang, University of California, San Diego Eddie Yang, University of California, San Diego Discussant: Richard B. Freeman, Harvard University and NBER
	Bootstrapping Science? The Impact of a “Return Human Capital” Programme on Chinese Research Productivity Elliott Ash, ETH Zurich David Cai, ETH Zurich Mirko Draca, Warwick University Shaoyu Liu, Columbia University Discussant: Megan MacGarvie, Boston University and NBER
12:00 pm	Lunch
1:00 pm	SESSION III: SCIENCE COMMERCIALIZATION AND GENDER
	Cassatts in the Attic Marlène Koffi, University of Toronto and NBER Matt Marx, Cornell University and NBER Discussant: Fiona Murray, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
	Academic Entrepreneurship and Inequality: Evidence from Administrative Data (slides) Joseph Staudt, U.S. Census Bureau Discussant: Wesley M. Cohen, Duke University and NBER
2:15 pm	Break
2:30 pm	SESSION IV: IMPACT OF SCIENCE FUNDING ON INNOVATION
	Buyers of First Resort: Guaranteed Markets and Corporate Scientific Research Sharon Belenzon, Duke University and NBER Larisa C. Cioaca, Duke University Discussant: Pierre Azoulay, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
	The Commercialization of DoD-SBIR Patents: A Counterfactual Analysis Carlo Bottai, Eindhoven University of Technology Gaétan de Rassenfosse, École Polytechnique Fédérale De Lausanne Emilio Raiteri, TU Eindhoven Discussant: Scott Stern, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
3:45 pm	SESSION V: SCIENCE TRAJECTORY CHOICES
	How Does Data Access Shape Science? Evidence from the Impact of U.S. Census’s Research Data Centers on Economics Research Abhishek Nagaraj, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Matteo Tranchero, University of California, Berkeley Discussant: Jeffrey L. Furman, Boston University and NBER
	A Quest for Knowledge Christoph Carnehl, Bocconi University Johannes Schneider, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Discussant: Chiara Franzoni, Politecnico di Milano
5:00 pm	Adjourn
7:00 pm	Dinner in Skyline Rooms
	Friday, July 22
8:30 am	Coffee & Pastries
9:00 am	PANEL “RETHINKING HOW WE FUND SCIENCE” Panel Chair: Dietmar Harhoff, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Panel Participants: Thomas Alslev Christensen, Senior Vice-President, Impact, Novo Nordisk Foundation Matthias Egger, President, Swiss National Science Foundation Silvana Konermann, Executive Director Arc Institute Michael Lauer, Deputy Director For Extramural Research, NIH Leslie Vosshall, Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer, HHMI
10:15 am	Break
10:30 am	SESSION VI: EARLY CAREER SCIENTISTS
	Task Mismatch and Salary Penalties: Evidence from the Biomedical PhD Labor Market Holden A. Diethorn, Kenyon College Gerald R. Marschke, State University of New York at Albany and NBER Discussant: Donna K. Ginther, University of Kansas and NBER
11:10 am	SESSION VII: PEER REVIEW
	Connections and Scientific Grants Feng Hu, University of Science and Technology Beijing Wei Huang, Renmin University Discussant: Kaye G. Husbands, Georgia Institute of Technology
11:45 am	MOVING THE SSF AGENDA FORWARD Paula Stephan, Georgia State University and NBER and Reinhilde Veugelers, KU Leuvin
12:00 pm	Adjourn

Participants

Nur Ahmed, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ashish Arora, Duke University and NBER
Elliott Ash, ETH Zurich
Charles Ayoubi, Laboratory for Innovation Sciences at Harvard
Pierre Azoulay, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Tania Babina, Columbia University and NBER
Sandra Barbosu
Sharon Belenzon, Duke University and NBER
Antonin Bergeaud, HEC Paris
Carlo Bottai, Eindhoven University of Technology
April Burrage, Stanford University
Sofie Cairo, Copenhagen Business School
Christoph Carnehl, Bocconi University
Judith A. Chevalier, Yale University and NBER
Sukwoong Choi, University at Albany, State University of New York
Rikke Nørding Christensen, Novo Nordisk Foundation
Thomas Alslev Christensen, Novo Nordisk Foundation
Larisa C. Cioaca, Duke University
Iain M. Cockburn, Boston University and NBER
Wesley M. Cohen, Duke University and NBER
Kara Coleman, V Foundation
Benjamin Davies, Stanford University
Holden A. Diethorn, Kenyon College
Mirko Draca, Warwick University
Eugenie Dugoua, London School of Economics
Matthias Egger, University of Bern
Adam Falk, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Maryann Feldman, Arizona State University and NBER
Lee Fleming, University of California, Berkeley
Andrea Fosfuri, Bocconi University
Henrik Barslund Fosse, Novo Nordisk Foundation
Chiara Franzoni, Politecnico di Milano
Richard B. Freeman, Harvard University and NBER
Caroline Fry, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Jeffrey L. Furman, Boston University and NBER
Fabian Gaessler, Pompeu Fabra University
Ina Ganguli, University of Massachusetts Amherst and NBER
Kumar Garg, Schmidt Futures
Patrick Gaulé, University of Bristol
Donna K. Ginther, University of Kansas and NBER
Daniel Goroff, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Daniel P. Gross, Duke University and NBER
Dietmar Harhoff, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition
Alex X. He, University of Maryland
Misty L. Heggeness, University of Kansas
Emeric Henry, Sciences Po
Matt Hourihan, Federation of American Scientists
Sabrina T. Howell, New York University and NBER
Feng Hu, University of Science and Technology Beijing
Kaye G. Husbands, Georgia Institute of Technology
Adam B. Jaffe, Brandeis University and NBER
Ruixue Jia, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Benjamin Jones, Northwestern University and NBER
Shulamit Kahn, Boston University
Shawn Kantor, Florida State University and NBER
Diana Kardia, Kardia Group
Marlène Koffi, University of Toronto and NBER
Julian Kolev, US Patent and Trademark Office
Silvana Konermann, Stanford University
Hans Christian Kongsted, Copenhagen Business School
Joshua L. Krieger, Harvard University
Jacqueline Lane, Harvard University
David Lang, Experiment Foundation

Michael Lauer, National Institutes of Health
Marc J. Lerchenmueller, University of Mannheim
Josh Lerner, Harvard University and NBER
Shaoyu Liu, Columbia University
Jon Lorsch, National Institutes of Health
Denny Luan, Experiment.com
Jacques Mairesse, CREST-ENSAE and NBER
Gerald R. Marschke, State University of New York at Albany and NBER
Matt Marx, Cornell University and NBER
Evan Michelson, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Petra Moser, New York University and NBER
Fiona Murray, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Kyle R. Myers, Harvard University and NBER
Abhishek Nagaraj, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Hiroaki Niihara, Hitotsubashi University
Alexander Oettl, Georgia Institute of Technology and NBER
Marco Ottaviani, Bocconi University
Kristin Oxley, Research Council of Norway
Cem Peker, Politecnico di Milano
Bitsy Perlman, U.S. Census Bureau
Michele Pezzoni, Université Côte d'Azur
Jacquelyn Pless, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Felix Poege, Bocconi University
Emilio Raiteri, TU Eindhoven
Bhaven N. Sampat, Arizona State University and NBER
Henry Sauermann, European School of Management and Technology
Johannes Schneider, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Monika Schnitzer, University of Munich
Anu Shukla-Jones, Canada Institute of Health Research
Timothy Simcoe, Boston University and NBER
Erik Snapp, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Alec Stapp, Institute for Progress
Joseph Staudt, U.S. Census Bureau
Paula Stephan, Georgia State University and NBER
Scott Stern, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Valentina Tartari, Stockholm School of Economics
Takeshi Tashiro, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Wei Yang Tham, Harvard University
Neil Thompson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jerry Thursby, Georgia Institute of Technology
Marie C. Thursby, Georgia Institute of Technology and NBER
Andrew Toole, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Matteo Tranchero, University of California, Berkeley
Brian Uzzi, Northwestern University
Reinhilde Veugelers, KU Leuven
Angelino Viceisza, Spelman College and NBER
Fabiana Visentin, Maastricht University
Leslie Vosshall, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Dashun Wang, Northwestern University
Jian Wang, Lancaster University Leipzig
Caleb Watney, Institute for Progress
Martin Watzinger, University of Muenster
Bruce A. Weinberg, The Ohio State University and NBER
Kjersten B. Whittington, Reed College
Brad Wible, Science Magazine
James Wilsdon, University of Sheffield
Cindy Wu, Experiment.com
David Y. Yang, Harvard University and NBER
Heather Youngs, Open Philanthrophy
Arvids A. Ziedonis, Boston University
Dorit Zuk, National Institutes of Health
Samantha Zyontz, Boston University
Gaétan de Rassenfosse, École Polytechnique Fédérale De Lausanne