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In Defense of Basic Research
In Defense of Basic Research
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In May 1993 the National Science Board issued a statement titled "In Support of Basic Research," which reveals not only that the Board endorses the role of the National Science Foundation in supporting basic research, but also that it judges that the value of basic research needs reaffirming. Questions about basic research in the United States range from the reasonable How much basic research should we do?
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However, recently ~ learned that research in which ~ participated years ago has paid off. The story provides one more piece of evidence that basic research can be an excellent investment.
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However, the financial return from this single project is likely to considerably exceed the cost of all of the basic research in atomic physics ever done in the United States, not including the benefits of 17
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Three Problems Confronting Basic Research Basic research needs to be defended today from policies and practices that have grown obsolete. The military threat that propelled much of our research agenda has disappeared, and the importance of basic research is being questioned.
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They are responsible for more than half of the basic research and essentially all of the professional education in the physical sciences. Lack of a Science Policy The phenomenal success of U.S.
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In the past, approximately one-half of these students have made their careers in the United States. The steadily increasing number of foreign students indicates that graduate education in the United States continues to be coveted abroad and that whatever the actual employment situation is in the United States, relative to opportunities in most countries, the United States remains a land of opportunity.
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The COSEPUP report states, "For half a century, the federal government has strongly supported basic research in science and engineering. However, the government has never formulated an explicit policy for setting the level of that support" (p.
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