2020/06/10 by Peter Kurczynski, Kurczynski, Peter, Staša Milojević +1 · 1 citation
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paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2006.05899
published in arXiv (Cornell University) (Cornell University) · 87 pages, 15 figures. Submitted to JATIS. Comments welcome
arxiv created 2020/06/10 · openalex publication_date 2020/06/10 · arxiv updated 2020/06/11 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Over its more than thirty-year history, the Advanced Technologies and Instrumentation (ATI) program has provided grants to support technology development and instrumentation for ground-based astronomy. Through a combination of automated literature assessment and in-depth literature review, we present a survey of ATI-funded research and an assessment of its impact on astronomy and society. Award acknowledgement and literature citation statistics for ATI are comparable to a comparison astronomy grant program that does not support technology development. Citation statistics for both NSF-funded programs exceed those of the general astronomical literature. Numerous examples demonstrate the significant, long term impact of ATI-supported research on astronomy. As part of this impact, ATI grants have provided many early career researchers the opportunity to gain critical professional experience. However, technology development unfolds over a time period that is longer than an individual grant. A longitudinal perspective shows that investments in technology and instrumentation have lead to extraordinary scientific progress.