Science funding and policy

A symposium titled "e;Serving Science and Society into the New Millennium: The Legacy and the Promise"e; was held at the National Academy of Sciences on May 21-22, 1997.

This book investigates the ways in which the mobile telephone has transformed societies around the world, bringing both opportunities and challenges.

When science changes, how does public policy respond?

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

Since the 1950s, under congressional mandate, the U.

The Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory (MSEL) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) works with industry, standards bodies, universities, and other government laboratories to improve the nation's measurements and standards infrastructure for materials.

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

How can the sociology of science relate to issues of science policy?

The recent financial crisis has demonstrated that governments continuously seek to steer their economies rather than leaving them to free markets.

A practical guide to optimising funding opportunities for establishing or consolidating a successful research career in science.

The report on the EEEL presents an assessment of the Lab's four divisions.

This book is designed to help researchers achieve success in funding their National Science Foundation (NSF) research proposals.

At the request of the Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable (GUIRR), Shirley Ann Jackson, President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, presents in this brief paper her views of the challenges of the 21st century for the science and engineering workforce.

Enlightened Zeal examines the fascinating history of the Hudson’s Bay Company’s involvement in scientific networks during the company’s two-hundred year chartered monopoly.

How should the law deal with the challenges of advancing biotechnology?

Maintaining the capabilities of the nuclear weapons stockpile and performing the annual assessment for the stockpile's certification involves a wide range of processes, technologies, and expertise.

Modern science is big business.

A comprehensive introduction to the history, theory, and policy implications of self-governance in commercial and academic science communities.

This book offers a social, political, and aesthetic critique of transhumanism and of the accelerating growth of scientific knowledge generally.

The National Academies Science, Technology, and Law Program convened three workshops focusing on specific aspects of OMB's "e;Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality, Objectivity, Utility, and Integrity of Information Disseminated by Federal Agencies.

In recent years the circumpolar region has emerged as the key to understanding global climate change.

Fifty years into the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT) regime, the risks of nuclear war, terrorism, and the threat of further proliferation remain.

The Blue Economy is emerging on the global scene as a powerful and persuasive new concept for sustainable development based on economic activities associated with the ocean.

Pathways to Urban Sustainability: Perspective from Portland and the Pacific Northwest is the summary of a workshop convened by the National Research Council's Science and Technology for Sustainability Program in May 2013 to examine issues relating to sustainability and human-environment interactions in the Portland metropolitan region.

When digital content and technologies are designed in a way that is inaccessible for persons with disabilities, they are locked out of commerce, education, employment, and access to government information.

Based on the deliberations of a high-level international conference, this report summarizes the presentations of an exceptional group of experts, convened by Intel's Chairman Emeritus Gordon Moore and SEMATECH's Chairman Emeritus William Spencer.

In 2004, the NRC released a workshop report about the future direction of the U.

Designing a new digital social contract for our technological futureHigh technology presents a paradox.

The problems we face in the 21st century require innovative thinking from all of us.

With digital media becoming ever more prevalent, it is essential to study policy and marketing strategies tailored to this new development.

Following on from previous publications in 1997, 2000 and 2003, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) presents its fourth "e;Funding Ranking"e;, an overview of the distribution of awards to universities and non-university research institutions in Germany.

The mission of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Physics Laboratory is to support U.

The Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory (MSEL) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) works with industry, standards bodies, universities, and other government laboratories to improve the nation's measurements and standards infrastructure for materials.

This book examines the politics of cancer, explains how our government is intrinsically tied to cancer research efforts, and documents how major political actors make cancer policy and are influenced in their decision making by political, social, scientific, and economic variables.

Law can keep up with rapid technological change by reflecting our evolving understanding of how humans use language to cooperate.

The controversy over teaching evolution or creationism in American public schools offers a policy paradox.

This report addresses a topic of recognized policy concern.

"e;The facts of variability, of the struggle for existence, of adaptation to conditions, were notorious enough; but none of us had suspected that the road to the heart of the species problem lay through them, until Darwin and Wallace dispelled the darkness.

We have entered a recent zeitgeist, the era of the "e;new space age"e;, driven by billionaires, technological advancements, and a few dominating state powers.

Cybersecurity expert Theresa Payton tells battlefront stories from the global war being conducted through clicks, swipes, internet access, technical backdoors and massive espionage schemes.

Provides a concise, practical guide to preparing and delivering scientific presentations for busy scientists, with online media examples.

Each of 32 nonprofit organizations contributing a presentation to the Pan-Organizational Summit on the Science and Engineering Workforce (November 11-12, 2002; The National Academies, Washington, DC) was invited to issue a corresponding position paper to be reproduced in this volume.

Seeking Solutions: Maximizing American Talent by Advancing Women of Color in Academia is the summary of a 2013 conference convened by the Committee on Women in Science, Engineering and Medicine of the National Research Council to discuss the current status of women of color in academia and explore the challenges and successful initiatives for creating the institutional changes required to increase representation of women of color at all levels of the academic workforce.

The education division is a prominent part of the public health profession.

This publication represents the culmination of the National AcademiesKeck Futures Initiative (NAKFI), a program of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the National Academy of Medicine supported by a 15-year, $40 million grant from the W.

This compact and innovative book tackles one of the central issues in drug policy: the lack of a coherent conceptual structure for thinking about drugs.

An NRC committee was established to work with a Russian counterpart group in conducting a workshop in Moscow on the effectiveness of Russian environmental NGOs in environmental decision-making and prepared proceedings of this workshop, highlighting the successes and difficulties faced by NGOs in Russia and the United States.

Billions of people around the world lack internet access.