Basic Science Research Funding
Posted on June 4, 2006 Comments (5)
Excellent summary from the European Union.
National Basic Research Program of China
America’s economy is losing its competitive edge and Washington hasn’t noticed by Benjamin Wallace-Wells
For decades, the United States ranked first in the world in the percentage of its GDP devoted to scientific research; now, we’ve dropped behind Japan, Korea, Israel, Sweden, and Finland. The number of scientific papers published by Americans peaked in 1992 and has fallen 10 percent; a decade ago, the United States led the world in scientific publications, but now it trails Europe. For two centuries, a higher proportion of Americans had gone to university than have citizens of any other country; now several nations in Asia and Europe have caught up.
The Emergence of China as a Leading Nation in Science by Ping Zhoua and Loet Leydesdorff:
China has become the fifth leading nation in terms of its share of the world’s scientific publications. The citation rate of papers with a Chinese address for the corresponding author also exhibits exponential growth.
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June 23rd, 2006 @ 6:12 pm
This is another example of countries targeting science and engineering education to improve future economic progress and the high pay of engineering graduates…
August 10th, 2006 @ 8:22 am
Few can hope to create a silicon valley. But even if the goal is just to gain economic advantage from their heavy investments in engineering education they would be wise to take heed of the ideas presented by both authors…
August 19th, 2006 @ 9:42 am
Shanghai’s Jiao Tong University produces a ranking of the top universities annually (since 2003). The methodology used focuses on research (publications) and faculty quality (Fields and Nobel awards and citations)…
December 6th, 2006 @ 9:48 pm
A great research paper is available today from the Brookings Institution: Investing in the Best and Brightest: Increased Fellowship Support for American Scientists and Engineers by Richard B. Freeman. For those interesting in science and engineering education and/or economic policy I recommend it…
November 10th, 2007 @ 12:28 pm
While Congress and the White House doubled NIH’s budget from 1998 to 2003, funding has failed to keep pace with inflation. NIH’s budget has hovered at around $28 billion, but once inflation is factored in, its purchasing power has fallen 13% over the past four years…