Author: and Public Policy

No person or place is immune from disasters or disaster-related losses. Infectious disease outbreaks, acts of terrorism, social unrest, or financia...

The Postdoctoral Experience Revisited builds on the 2000 report Enhancing the Postdoctoral Experience for Scientists and Engineers. That ground-bre...

With the increasing frequency of natural and human-induced disasters and the increasing magnitude of their consequences, a clear need exists for go...

The primary federal program designed to ensure that all states are capable of participating the nation's research enterprise fall under the general...

In order for the United States to maintain the global leadership and competitiveness in science and technology that are critical to achieving natio...

Over the past 20 years, public concerns have grown in response to the apparent rising prevalence of food allergy and related atopic conditions, suc...

America's research universities have undergone striking change in recent decades, as have many aspects of the society that surrounds them. This cha...

One of the pathways by which the scientific community confirms the validity of a new scientific discovery is by repeating the research that produce...

Innovation has been a major engine of American economic and societal progress. It has increased per capita income more than sevenfold since the 19t...

U.S. leadership in technology innovation is central to our nation's interests, including its security, economic prosperity, and quality of life. Ou...