Over its more than 30-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 its impact on astronomy and society. Award acknowledgment 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 in 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 led to extraordinary scientific progress.

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促成发现：美国国家科学基金会对30年先进技术和仪器的回顾

在其30多年的历史中，先进技术和仪器（ATI）计划提供了赠款，以支持地面天文学的技术开发和仪器。通过结合自动化文献评估和深入文献综述，我们对ATI资助的研究及其对天文学和社会的影响进行了调查。ATI的奖项确认和文献引用统计数据可与不支持技术发展的比较天文学资助计划相媲美。这两个由NSF资助的计划的引文统计都超过了一般天文学的统计。大量示例说明了ATI支持的天文学研究的重大而长期的影响。作为这种影响的一部分，ATI的资助为许多早期职业研究人员提供了获得重要专业经验的机会。但是，技术发展的过程要比个人拨款更长。纵向观察表明，对技术和仪器的投资已导致了非凡的科学进步。