Former NSF Director Examines Crisis in Federal Science Funding
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Joel Widder, a former NSF Legislative Director and Senate staffer with 40 years of experience in science funding processes, introduces a series examining the state of the federal research enterprise. Part I focuses on what he describes as a crisis facing the nation's research enterprise, drawing on his insider perspective on how science funding really works.
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· 3 pulledI spent 40 years inside the process that decides science funding
Now writing about how it really works
Part I: The Crisis — What Has Become of the Nation's Research Enterprise
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