Government Support of Scientific Research
Government support of scientific research is vital in ensuring that the state keeps in pace with the global technological advancements. Significant scientific discoveries on human health, how the human brain works, and climate change and many others have had a substantial impact on the lives of the people.[1] The government should, therefore, provide the necessary financial support to scientists in different fields to help strengthen the economic development as well as the health and welfare advancement of the citizens of the United States.[2] The US government should be sensitive when providing financial support of scientific projects to ensure that the government promotes projects that support national economic growth as well as increasing the state’s global competitiveness.[3]
Promoting Scientific Progress
Moreover, the government should make sure that the scientific research sponsored are concerned with helping the scientific progress in the nation by enhancing technological literacy amongst the citizens of the United States. It is, therefore, essential that the government promotes scientific research that fits the national interests of the state to help improve experimental outcomes.[4]
Funding Meaningful and High-Quality Discoveries
Funding scientific research that fits the national interest of the government helps to ensure that the government supports only the meaningful and high-quality scientific discoveries.[5]
Accountability and Economic Growth
The government thus ensures that the NSF is committed to funding worthy scientific projects in areas of science, mathematics, engineering, which provides more jobs and promotes the state’s economic growth. Moreover, regulating government funding on research helps in reducing wastage of taxpayers’ money by ensuring that the National Science Foundation (NSF) is held accountable for how they spend taxpayers’ money.[6]
National Interest and Impacts on Society
The NSF is, therefore, tasked with ensuring that federal grants are provided for scientific research that supports the national interests of the government. The NSF thus ensures that the projects supported are worthy of federal support considering their anticipated returns. Moreover, funding scientific studies that fit the government’s national interests helps in safeguarding enough money for studies that keep the country at the forefront of scientific innovations. NSF is thus regulated in ensuring that it does not spend substantial amounts of money on minor non-beneficial studies.[7]
Preventing Biases and Prejudices
Furthermore, the NSF is required to ensure that grants are only provided to high-quality and scientific researchers with a significant impact on the lives of the members of the society by addressing some of the most significant challenges the people face. Scientific studies that address social difficulties in health, climate change, social interactions, and human behavior as well as the environment should, therefore, appear at the forefront of NSF’s funding beneficiaries. Besides, by holding the NSF accountable of how federal grants are provided for scientific research, the government also ensures that the research projects are not judged on their titles but rather on their merits to the societal impact. The NSF thus ensures that they conduct a detailed analysis of the project’s intellectual quality as well as its broader societal implications and provide financial support without any biases.[8]
Promoting Transparency and Accountability
The investigations done by the NSF helps in eliminating any form of prejudices on the choice of scientific research the government should promote.[9] The NSF’s investigations thus ensure that the foundation does not leave out any viable experimental study with an ambiguous title yet crucial in the lives of the people.[10]
Safeguarding National Interests
Promoting scientific studies that fit the government’s national interest helps in enhancing transparency and accountability of the researchers. The researchers are expected to provide a detailed summary of the benefits of their study to the society.[11] A public description is supplied to the National Science Foundation for consideration, thus ensuring that the foundation grants support to the research with the most benefits to the society. Besides, ensuring accountability and transparency of the researchers helps in eradicating any accounts of fraud.[12] The NSF ensures that a thorough investigation is done to ensure that the information provided by the scientists is correct and they are committed to safeguarding the national interests of the country. Furthermore, providing federal grants on research studies that fit the national interests of the country may help in improving scientific outcomes.[13]
Enhancing Economic Progress and Competitiveness
Holding researchers accountable for their activities helps in enhancing experimental findings since they are committed to ensuring that their study helps in strengthening the country’s economy. Although scientific failure does not imply that the investigation is not in the national interest of the nation, scientists often strive to ensure that their study is a success in the long-run.[14]
Investing in Essential Scientific Studies
Additionally, scientific research should be promoted if it fits the national interests of the government to help stimulate the state’s long-term competitiveness and economic progress. Investments in essential scientific study are necessary for growing a country’s economy.[15]
Maintaining a Leading Progressive Status in Science
The government should, therefore, provide financial support to the studies that have a likely impact on the country’s economic growth. Moreover, knowledge of the recent technological advancements helps the NSF in making sound decisions on the high-intellectual projects that require federal support. Support of studies that promote new technological advancements, therefore, ensures that the state maintains a leading progressive status in science. It is for that reason vital that the National Science Foundation helps in managing the state’s leading position in innovative discoveries by proving grants to studies that have a significant impact on the lives of the people.[16] The government thus ensures that taxpayers’ money is not spent on minor and non-beneficial scientific studies.[17]
Ensuring Technological Advancements
In conclusion, it is essential that governments promote scientific research that meets its national interests to help the government in reducing wastage on minor unessential studies. Government’s regulation of the NSF’s funding ensures that the foundation makes proper use of the American taxpayers’ money by funding the essential scientific studies with a great impact on the lives of the citizens.[18]
Transparency, Accountability, and Economic Progress
Moreover, funding studies that fit the national interests of the country enhance transparency and accountability of the researchers as well as the National Science Foundation, thus enhancing public involvement in decision making.[19]
Promoting Technological Advancements
Besides, promoting scientific studies at the national interest of the government promotes the country’s economic progress and global scientific competitiveness. However, although it is necessary for governments to fund studies that fit their national interests, it is important that the government ensures that important scientific advances are not restricted.[20]
Preventing Inhibitions in Technological Advancements
Restrictions of scientists by hindering their funding may inhibit the country’s technological advancements enabling other countries to surpass them innovations.[21]
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[1] National Research Council (U.S.). 2012. International science in the national interest at the U.S. Geological Survey. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press. http://public.eblib.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=3379004.
[2] Allen, Garland E., and Roy M. MacLeod. 2001. Science, History and Social Activism: a Tribute to Everett Mendelsohn. Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (U.S.). 2000. Science and technology in the national interest the presidential appointment process. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press. http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=9973.
[3] Jacob, Brian A., and Lars Lefgren. "The impact of research grant funding on scientific productivity." Journal of public economics 95, no. 9-10 (2011): 1168-1177.
[4] Nass, Sharyl J., and Bruce Stillman. 2003. Large-scale biomedical science: exploring strategies for future research. Washington, DC: National Academies Press.
[5] Johnson, Don. 2008. The meaning of life in the 21st century: tensions among science, religion and experience. Bloomington, IN: iUniverse.
[6] Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands. http://public.eblib.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=3105894
[7] Jacob, Brian A., and Lars Lefgren. "The impact of research grant funding on scientific productivity." Journal of public economics 95, no. 9-10 (2011): 1168-1177.
[8] Johnson, Don. 2008. The meaning of life in the 21st century: tensions among science, religion and experience. Bloomington, IN: iUniverse.
[9] Jacob, Brian A., and Lars Lefgren. "The impact of research grant funding on scientific productivity." Journal of public economics 95, no. 9-10 (2011): 1168-1177.
[10] Allen, Garland E., and Roy M. MacLeod. 2001. Science, History and Social Activism: a Tribute to Everett Mendelsohn. Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (U.S.). 2000. Science and technology in the national interest the presidential appointment process. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press. http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=9973.
[11] Institute of Medicine (U.S.). 2002. Integrity in scientific research: creating an environment that promotes responsible conduct. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press. http://site.ebrary.com/id/10038551
[12] National Research Council (U.S.). 2012. International science in the national interest at the U.S. Geological Survey. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press. http://public.eblib.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=3379004.
[13] Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands. http://public.eblib.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=3105894
[14] Nass, Sharyl J., and Bruce Stillman. 2003. Large-scale biomedical science: exploring strategies for future research. Washington, DC: National Academies Press.
[15] Johnson, Don. 2008. The meaning of life in the 21st century: tensions among science, religion and experience. Bloomington, IN: iUniverse.
[16] Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands. http://public.eblib.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=3105894
[17] Jacob, Brian A., and Lars Lefgren. "The impact of research grant funding on scientific productivity." Journal of public economics 95, no. 9-10 (2011): 1168-1177.
[18] Institute of Medicine (U.S.). 2002. Integrity in scientific research: creating an environment that promotes responsible conduct. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press. http://site.ebrary.com/id/10038551
[19] Johnson, Don. 2008. The meaning of life in the 21st century: tensions among science, religion and experience. Bloomington, IN: iUniverse.
