ABSTRACT
We are moving from the era of the Endless Frontier, based on an assumption that research automatically translates into use, to the era of the Endless Transition. Three fields of transition in science and technology policy can be identified in innovation, technology and institutions. The first transition is in the relationship between basic research, applied research and product development. The three previously relatively distinct phases are moving together. There will no longer be such strict boundaries between different types of research. Instead, they will blend into each other and move back and forth, without strict separation among them.
