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...

The massive increase in digital information in the last decade has created new requirements for institutional and technological structures and work...

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

This publication represents the culmination of the National Academies Keck Futures Initiative (NAKFI), a program of the National Academy of Science...

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

This report evaluates the In-House Laboratory Independent Research (ILIR) conducted at the Research, Development, and Engineering Centers (RDECs) o...

In the face of global challenges such as climate change, population growth, and food security, understanding and optimizing crop nutrition has nev...

Integrated Agriculture - An Approach for Sustainable Agriculture offers a comprehensive examination of a transformative agricultural paradigm aime...

Prepared by an international team of authors representing leading universities from different parts of the world, this expansive volume elucidates ...

Dramatic statements about the promise and peril of artificial intelligence for humanity abound, as an industry of experts claims that AI is poised ...

Uncertainties are everywhere. Whether its climate change, financial volatility, pandemic outbreaks or new technologies, we dont know what the futur...

Uncertainties are everywhere. Whether its climate change, financial volatility, pandemic outbreaks or new technologies, we dont know what the futur...

How to repair the disconnect between designers and users, producers and consumers, and tech elites and the rest of us: toward a more democratic int...

Countless books, news reports, and opinion pieces have announced the impending arrival of artificial intelligence, with most claiming that it will ...

Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Some of the largest quantities of data produced today occur as the result of experiments...

This volume looks at current and emerging technologies of war and some of the ethical issues surrounding their use. Although the nature and politic...

A book on queer themes and science communication is timely, if not well overdue. LGBTIQA+ people have unique contributions to make and issues to ...

Engineers know what they mean by the word technology. They mean the things engineers conceive, design, build, and deploy. But what does the word gl...

Most countries in the world use the SI (Système International, also known as the metric system) units for radiation measurements in commercial and ...

Science and art were not always two separate entities. Historically, times of great scientific progress occurred during profound movements in art, ...

In the face of so many daunting near-term challenges, U.S. government and industry are letting the crucial strategic issues of U.S. competitiveness...