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As the threat emerges again, university experts continue to build on past knowledge gained through decades of federally funded, basic research to protect farmers’ livelihoods and our food supply.
From the turf under players’ feet to the data collection that tracks disease and protects athletes’ brains, this work won’t show up in highlight reels – but it will help ensure that when the whistle blows, fans can just sit back and enjoy the game.
In a keynote speech during an ARPA-E awards program, Snyder said that, although the young researchers present were among the world’s most promising, the country risks failing to develop future talent – and losing many of our current young researchers to other nations.
Last month, the White House Office of Management and Budget published a proposal that would make significant changes to how federal agencies administer financial assistance, including research grants. If allowed to go into effect, the changes would seriously harm the American scientific research enterprise.
Nearly one in four (24%) of unicorn startups were founded by individuals who first came to the United States as international students.
Saturday, June 6, marks the 82nd anniversary of the D‑Day invasion. Advances in meteorological science, developed significantly by government forecasters and researchers at America’s colleges and universities, played a key role in ensuring the invasion's success.
The proposal, published on May 29, would have far-reaching implications for how federal agencies administer research grants and how institutions, including colleges and universities, conduct federally funded research.
Senators are currently considering a bill that – if passed and signed into law – would hamper scientific progress in the United States, effectively ending all academic engagement with China, and potentially exposing professors to discrimination and attacks.
In a comment letter submitted last week, AAU argued that the new rules place too much emphasis on literal monetary returns on certain kinds of degree programs, while undervaluing their worth to society.
The National Science Board’s State of U.S. Science and Engineering 2026 report contains warning signs about how, even as the United States is steadily building a more high-tech, research-intensive economy, we are not doing enough to ensure we are producing or welcoming the human talent needed to power it.