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.
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.
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.
Federal spending remains the leading source
of basic research funding in the United States.
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.
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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Research Conference Files 1941-1946 1947-1952 I, 1947 - 1952 II, 1947 - 1952 I, 1953 - 1955 II, 1953-1955 1956-1959 (old) / CRC I, 1960 - 1965 (old) II, 1960 - 1965 Indian Science Congress, 1946 - 1975 Oceanographic Congress, 1957 - 1959 Oceanographic Congress - Lists, 1959 Oceanographic Congress -
Funds, 1959 - 1966 Parliament
of Science, 1958 Conference on National Energy Policy, 1977
Research and Development Colloquia, 1975 - 1985 Cosponsored Meetings, Conferences, 1964 - 1983
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 Rese
research firmament — multidisciplinarity, translational
research, and commercialization — affecting one of the largest funders of basic biomedical science in the country, Cancer Rese
research, 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), an
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), an
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), an
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), an
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), an
Research 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 la
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 la
research, which started giving out grants in 2007 and had a $ 1.8 billion budget last year.