Federal Research Funding: Is There a Fairer Way to Share the Pie?
Fewer than 7% of research-active institutions receive more than half of all federal funds for university research and development. Recently, multiple efforts have attempted to spread federal research funding more evenly, with the idea that broader distribution could strengthen national innovation by diversifying who does research and by spawning more regional technology-based economic development.
Last year’s CHIPS and Science Act bolsters these efforts by officially recognizing emerging research institutions (ERIs)—universities that currently receive little federal funding for research. Other programs to balance distribution of federal research funds support minority-serving institutions and institutions in states that receive a small fraction of total federal R&D funding, often called EPSCoR states.
On June 27, at 3 PM ET, join Issues in Science & Technology for a discussion of how efforts to share research dollars can promote equity and enhance research capacity nationwide.
PANELISTS
- Anna Quider, Founder, The Quider Group; Senior Research Fellow, Northern Illinois University
- Vanessa Sansone, Director of Policy, Alliance for Research on Regional Colleges; Professor, University of Texas – San Antonio
- Dina Stroud, Program Director, NSF GRANTED; Lead Program Director, HBCU Excellence in Research Grant
- Chris Nomura, Vice President for Research & Economic Development, University of Idaho; Member, EPSCoR/IDeA Coalition Board
- Moderated by Mitch Ambrose, Director of Science Policy News and Analysis, FYI Science Policy News