Science Funding & Policy

In Longshot, investigative journalist David Heath takes readers inside the small group of scientists whose groundbreaking work was once largely dis...

Humankind is now at the crossroads of perhaps our most unique moment in our short history as a species on Earth. Given enough computing power, data...

Experts believe that self-driving cars will be much safer than conventional cars. However, there will still be some accidents, even fatal ones. The...

Experts believe that self-driving cars will be much safer than conventional cars. However, there will still be some accidents, even fatal ones. The...

American universities today serve as economic engines, performing the scientific research that will create new industries, drive economic growth, a...

Since the 1950s, under congressional mandate, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) - through its National Center for Science and Engineering ...

Recommendations from the scientific community to ensure that the development and use of AI honors scientific norms In late 2022, OpenAI released Ch...

Countering Cyber Sabotage: Introducing Consequence-Driven, Cyber-Informed Engineering (CCE) introduces a new methodology to help critical infrastru...

This book traces important legal and regulatory developments in the first two decades since the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) was es...

This book completes a scientific life trilogy of books following on from the Hows (i.e. skills) and the Whys is now the Whats of a scientific life....

Policies for Scaling Up Technology-Based Firms examines policies aimed at addressing specific issues faced by growing firms and scaleups. The reaso...

This book provides a powerful diagnosis of why the global governance of science struggles in the face of emerging powers. Through unpacking critica...

This book develops a theoretical framework for examining and assessing the regulatory arrangements for medical products.Since the first half of the...

It's a tough time to be a scientist: universities are shutting science departments, funding organisations are facing flat budgets, and many newspap...

Scientific research has enabled America to remain at the forefront of global competition for commercially viable technologies and other innovations...

Over the past century, artificial intelligence (AI) has evolved from computational theory to everyday conversational technologies, capturing the at...

The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program is one of the largest examples of U.S. public-private partnerships, and was established in 19...

Over the last two decades, computers have become omnipresent in daily life. Their increased power and accessibility have enabled the accumulation, ...

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

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