Annotation In 1998, health expenditures in the United States accounted for 12.9% of national income-the highest share of income devoted to health in the developed world. The United States also spends more on medical research than any other country-in 2000, the federal government…
"In 1976, The McKnight Foundation established a program of support for neuroscience to honor its founder, William L. McKnight. A brilliant businessman who had led the 3M Company for 50 years, McKnight believed support for brain research would be a great gift to humanity. After s…
"The enactment of the America COMPETES Act in 2006 (and its reauthorization in 2010), the increase in research expenditures under the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), and President Obama's general emphasis on the contribution of science and technology to econo…
Measuring the impacts of federal investments in research: a workshop summary
by National Research Council (U.S.)., Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy, Merrill, Stephen A., Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (U.S.), Olson, Steve, National Academies (U.S.)., Committee on Measuring Economic and Other Returns on Federal Research Investments, Measuring the Impacts of Federal Investments in Research, Washington, D.C.)
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On April 18-19, 2011, the Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy (STEP) of the National Research Council and the Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy (COSEPUP), a joint unit of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and t…
