In reality, the testimony
of Richard Buckius, vice president for
research at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, and Tim Killeen, vice chancellor for
research for the State University
of New York (SUNY) system, pointed to a
fundamental misunderstanding in the bill
of how NSF operates and, more broadly, the
purpose of federally funded
research.
Finally, ESI supports the translation
of insights and methods from its
fundamental research to applications, in particular for medical
purposes.