http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/2009/11/11/energy-secretary-steve-chu-speaks-on-funding-science-research/ Science and Engineering: Innovation, Research, Education and Economics Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:32:15 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/2009/11/11/energy-secretary-steve-chu-speaks-on-funding-science-research/comment-page-1/#comment-72360 Curious Cat Science and Engineering Blog » Google Research Awards Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:47:14 +0000 http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/?p=2886#comment-72360 [...] posts on science and engineering funding – Energy Secretary Steve Chu Speaks On Funding Science Research (with Google CEO) – Google.org Invests $10 million in Geothermal Energy – Larry Page and Sergey Brin [...] [...] posts on science and engineering funding – Energy Secretary Steve Chu Speaks On Funding Science Research (with Google CEO) – Google.org Invests $10 million in Geothermal Energy – Larry Page and Sergey Brin [...]

]]> http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/2009/11/11/energy-secretary-steve-chu-speaks-on-funding-science-research/comment-page-1/#comment-68952 Ken Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:41:46 +0000 http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/?p=2886#comment-68952 This new ARPA-E program is a welcome relief from the previous administration's commitment to research and development. The 1% success rate is a little disturbing, but in my opinion it is a much needed boost to the US research and development even if it starts out small. Innovation through R&D funding is what has made this country so great technologically; however, we have been lacking in funding for several decades and there is only so long that we can last on the innovations of our fathers and grandfathers. This new ARPA-E program is a welcome relief from the previous administration’s commitment to research and development. The 1% success rate is a little disturbing, but in my opinion it is a much needed boost to the US research and development even if it starts out small. Innovation through R&D funding is what has made this country so great technologically; however, we have been lacking in funding for several decades and there is only so long that we can last on the innovations of our fathers and grandfathers.

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