Sentences with phrase «of basic research funded»

The best way to remain preeminent, argued Representative Zoe Lofgren (D - CA), is to maintain support for the full spectrum of basic research funded by NSF.

Federal spending remains the leading source of basic research funding in the United States.

In recent years, however, the share of basic research funding provided by the federal government has been slipping, from roughly 70 % in the 1960s and 1970s to an estimated 44 % in 2015.

Without the fundamental knowledge provided through basic research, we're limiting our innovation potential,» said Zuber, who co-authored an op - ed with AAAS CEO Rush Holt in support of basic research funding that was published Wednesday in The Hill.

And for the first time since World War II, government funding has fallen to less than half of all basic research funding, according to Science magazine, putting pressure on labs to commercialize their discoveries more quickly.

Not exact matches

«Private companies will ultimately develop these energy breakthroughs, but their work will rely on the kind of basic research that only governments can fund,» Gates said in a statement.

«But basic field studies on ticks has never been a priority at the National Institutes of Health and the CDC has too little funding to support the major research effort that is needed for our academic institutions to solve the tick problem.»

With the marriage of science and technology beginning in the 17th century, the commitments and concerns of the scientific community have increasingly been determined by the military - industrial - government complex that funds basic research.

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.

It has been nurtured in many ways: by research into basic issues in theological education underwritten by competitive grants offered by the Association of Theological Schools (ATS) and funded by the Lilly Endowment, Inc.; by the work of some theological educators commissioned by the Endowment to think about these questions; and by a series of seminars and conferences convened by the ATS to discuss some of the results of this research and reflection.

Department of Defense Funding Tables: Total R&D Military Branch Basic Research Science & Tech See also: DOD in the AAAS Appropriations Dashboard

Specifically, the agencies provide data on funding levels for basic research, applied research, development, construction of R&D facilities, and major capital equipment for R&D (see Definitions for the common definitions that OMB, the agencies, and AAAS use to classify programs as R&D or non-R & D).

Pearl's placement in 2002 at the National Science Foundation, an agency that funds nearly a quarter of all the basic research conducted by U.S. colleges and universities, began a touchstone year focused on improving graduate education in science and engineering.

Zadeh's work was among three bodies of research honored with a 2017 Golden Goose Award, which recognizes federally funded basic research that has had unexpected and significant societal impact even if the original research sounded obscure.

The House, for instance, called for an increase of 2.6 % in basic research funding and fiscal 2018 spending levels of $ 35.6 billion.

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So far, though, Senate appropriators have allocated greater fiscal 2018 spending levels than their House counterparts for such science programs as the Energy Department's Office of Science, which is the nation's largest provider of funding for basic research in the physical sciences, and the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy program, which seeks to advance technology for water and geothermal power and boost energy efficiency in manufacturing.

But reduced government funding for basic research in astronomy in the 1990s and a subsequent shortage of academic positions in that period has presented a real challenge for Ph.D. graduates looking for employment in North America.

Support for translational research has helped with the development of new drugs, diagnostics and vaccines, Hotez says, but funding for basic research has lagged behind.

However, the FP is not primarily devoted to basic research and, furthermore, the great majority (95 %) of the funding available for research in Europe is nationally based within the research agencies of the various countries.

Although some basic researchers have complained about the E.U.'s emphasis on applied research — about 15 % of the current Framework budget is dedicated to funding SMEs — Potocnik sees them as key in using science to boost Europe's economy.

FAPESP directs 37 % of its funding to basic research in fields ranging from climate change to particle physics.

When we passed the America COMPETES Act, we bolstered basic funding at the Department of Energy's Office of Science, and we created ARPA - E, an innovative program, modeled after the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, to encourage the pursuit of high - risk, high - reward renewable, clean energy technology development.

NSF is a major funding of basic research outside of biomedical science.

These tools include conducting or funding basic scientific research, supporting science education, and providing loans and other support for commercialization of innovative technologies.

Growth in foreign research funding simply confirms the importance of continuing the U.S. commitment for basic research.

And because most of the work is applied in nature, there is limited funding for more basic research.

He has expressed strong support for the idea of a European Research Council (ERC), a basic science - funding body that has strong grass - roots support among scientists across Europe and which Busquin embraced toward the end of his term.

«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.

While funding for applied science research mostly comes from industry, the biggest funder of basic science is the federal government, and most recipients of that funding are academic researchers.

Its funding priorities are determined every year based on the Science and Technology Basic Plan, which is a midterm national S&T policy revised every five years, explains Takashi Ohama, director of the Washington, D.C. office of the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), one of the major research funding agencies.

Funding for the study, which was co-authored by Zezheng Liu and Baoshan Cui of Beijing Normal University, came from the National Key Basic Research Program of China.

Like the bipartisan group of Members of Congress who support the Golden Goose Award, the founding organizations believe that federally funded basic scientific research is the cornerstone of American innovation and essential to our economic growth, health, global competitiveness, and national security.

So how are these huge shifts in the research firmament — multidisciplinarity, translational research, and commercialization — affecting one of the largest funders of basic biomedical science in the country, Cancer Reseresearch firmament — multidisciplinarity, translational research, and commercialization — affecting one of the largest funders of basic biomedical science in the country, Cancer Reseresearch, and commercialization — affecting one of the largest funders of basic biomedical science in the country, Cancer ResearchResearch UK?

It's not clear why appropriators boosted the Office of Science so far beyond, say, the 4 % increase they gave to the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Standards and Technology, two other mainstays of federally funded basic research in the physical sciences.

Called the Canakinumab Anti-inflammatory Thrombosis Outcomes Study (CANTOS) and funded by the drug giant Novartis, the trial also found fewer cases of lung cancer in those on the treatment, rekindling basic research findings hinting that the same inflammatory pathway may initiate or spur the growth of such tumors.

The Marion Milligan Mason Fund will provide four to five grants of $ 50,000 every other year to women researchers engaged in basic research in the chemical sciences.

The Marion Milligan Mason Fund will provide four grants of $ 50,000 every other year to women researchers engaged in basic research in the chemical sciences...

The federal government provides almost half of the funding for basic research in the United States.

Since it was founded in the mid-1980s, MURI has become a mainstay of DOD's basic research programs, accounting for about one - quarter of the $ 1 billion in basic research funding that the Pentagon spends annually at U.S. universities.

Despite the drawbacks, these programs open the doors to a vast array of well - funded, cutting - edge, postgraduate possibilities in clinics and in basic, disease - oriented, and clinical research.

This research was supported by World Class University (WCU), US - Korea NBIT, Mid-Career Researcher (MCR), Converging Research Center (CRC) and Basic Research Laboratory (BRL) programs through the National Research Foundation (NRF), of Korea funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (Minister Choi Mun - Kee), US Air Force Office of Scientific Research through Asian Office of Aerospace R&D (AFOSR - AOARD), anresearch was supported by World Class University (WCU), US - Korea NBIT, Mid-Career Researcher (MCR), Converging Research Center (CRC) and Basic Research Laboratory (BRL) programs through the National Research Foundation (NRF), of Korea funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (Minister Choi Mun - Kee), US Air Force Office of Scientific Research through Asian Office of Aerospace R&D (AFOSR - AOARD), anResearch Center (CRC) and Basic Research Laboratory (BRL) programs through the National Research Foundation (NRF), of Korea funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (Minister Choi Mun - Kee), US Air Force Office of Scientific Research through Asian Office of Aerospace R&D (AFOSR - AOARD), anResearch Laboratory (BRL) programs through the National Research Foundation (NRF), of Korea funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (Minister Choi Mun - Kee), US Air Force Office of Scientific Research through Asian Office of Aerospace R&D (AFOSR - AOARD), anResearch Foundation (NRF), of Korea funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (Minister Choi Mun - Kee), US Air Force Office of Scientific Research through Asian Office of Aerospace R&D (AFOSR - AOARD), anResearch through Asian Office of Aerospace R&D (AFOSR - AOARD), and AFOSR.

In 2013, government funded R&D accounted for 27 percent of total U.S. R&D and was the largest supporter (47 percent) of all U.S. basic research.

This work was supported in part by the University of California Carbon Neutrality Initiative, UC San Diego startup funds, the Hellman Foundation, the European Research Council under the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme and the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences (award no.

As a consequence of its promise for elucidating basic science and its huge potential for meeting pressing human needs, the nascent field is growing as universities, funding agencies, and national governments pour money into new research centers, research networks, and conferences.

The Human Frontier Sciences Program, which funds «basic research focused on complex mechanisms of living organisms,» has made traveling across borders its mission.

In addition, European scientists have the possibility of applying, with their Chinese collaborators, for funding under the 863s (applied research) and 973 (basic research) programmes funded by the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology.

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.

Cosmic evolution, the structure of matter, the origins of life, and understanding how the brain works all deserve strengthened support, according to China's latest 5 - year development plan, which could triple funding for basic research by 2020.

He was also a staunch supporter of the European Research Council (ERC), the European Union's beloved funding agency for basic research, which started giving out grants in 2007 and had a $ 1.8 billion budget laResearch Council (ERC), the European Union's beloved funding agency for basic research, which started giving out grants in 2007 and had a $ 1.8 billion budget laresearch, which started giving out grants in 2007 and had a $ 1.8 billion budget last year.