Sentences with phrase «basic research funding now»

«The agency's move meant that six federal agencies that provide the bulk of the nation's basic research funding now have public access policies required by a 2013 White House order.

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I am not calling for cuts to government programs as of now — they are necessary for so many people's basic survival — but Mr. Beck does have a pertinent point: voting to tax someone else (typically wealthier than us) to provide assistance does not necessarily demonstrate a society that «cares» — much more caring is a society that willingly donates those funds to charities they have taken the time to research, and more caring still if the members of that society take the time to volunteer to administer that aid.

Though details are still scarce, one expectation is that funding for basic research will rise to 10 % of total R&D spending by 2020, up from less than 5 % now.

While the first 30 - million - DM round of funding focused more on basic research, the emphasize now shifts toward applied research.

The second reason is that advances in basic research now are downplayed by the funding agencies and by universities, due to its greater distance from generating new products and financial rewards.

Most federal funding, even for «basic research», now wants a statement of significance for society (just saying it helps us understand the atom isn't good enough) and one is supposed even to structure the project to achieve progressive goals like minority recruitment to science.