As the federal administration has moved to slash public funding for research and education at all levels, and as the government now enters into what could be a prolonged shutdown, many researchers are ...

NSF is one federal agency that funds a wide range of basic science research. Nicole Fuller/National Science Foundation, CC BY Scientists have always needed someone to help foot the bill for their work ...

In our era of intense innovation-based global competition, policymakers increasingly look for demonstrable connections between public investment in research and tangible economic and security benefits ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Bruce J. MacFadden, University of Florida (THE CONVERSATION) It might seem surprising, ...