Statements
Websites
Reports
Essays, Editorials and Other Articles
Letters of Support
Examples
National Science Board: In Support of Basic Research and its Importance to America's Future
American Chemical Society: Public Policy Priorities 2007-2008: Creating Opportunity through Scientific Innovation (390 KB PDF)
The Alliance for Science and Technology Research in America (ASTRA)
American Geological Institute (AGI) Innovation and US Competitiveness
American Physical Society (APS) Competitiveness and Innovation
Council on Competitiveness, a group of corporate CEOs, university presidents and labor leaders striving to increase U.S. competitiveness
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
National Coalition for Technology in Education and Training
National Science Digital Library: the nation's
online library for education and research in
Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics created by NSF.
Science and Engineering Statistics
by National Science Foundation
Sloan Career Center and workforce information for science, engineering, technology, and mathematics
Task Force on the Future of American Innovation
U.S. Competitiveness: The Innovation Challenge by IEEE
U.S. Innovation by The Alliance
for Science and Technology Research in America (ASTRA)
Science and Engineering Indicators 2008, National Science Board (Web or 12 MB PDF) (2008)
Is America Falling Off the Flat Earth? National Academy of Sciences (2007)
Five for the Future Council on Competitiveness (2007)
Rising Above the Gathering
Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future,
National Academy of Sciences (2007)
(AGI summary
and ASTRA
Summary (330 KB PDF) also available)
International Benchmarking of U.S. Chemical Engineering Research Competitiveness, National Academy of Sciences (2007)
The Future of U.S. Chemistry Research: Benchmarks and Challenges, National Academy of Sciences (2007)
Research and Development: Impact on Gross Domestic Product, Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) and the National Science Foundation (2007).
Benchmarking the Competitiveness of the United States in Mechanical Engineering Basic Research, National Academy of Sciences (2007)
Earth Science and
Applications from Space: National Imperatives for the Next
Decade and Beyond, National Academy of Sciences (2007)
Frontiers of Engineering: Reports on Leading-Edge Engineering from the 2006 Symposium, National Academy of Sciences (2007)
The Fundamental Role of Science and Technology in International Development: An Imperative for the U.S. Agency for International Development, National Academy of Sciences (2006)
Science and Engineering Indicators 2006, National Science Board (Web or 12 MB PDF) (2006)
Science and Engineering Indicators 2006 Companion Piece: America's
Pressing Challenge - Building a Stronger Foundation, National Science Board
(Wed or 679 KB PDF) (February 2006)
NII 21st Century Innovation Working Group Report, National Innovation Initiative (1.40 MB PDF) (September 2004)
NII Innovation Frontiers Working Group Report, National Innovation Initiative (323 KB PDF) (2004)
NII
Innovation Skills Working Group Report, National Innovation Initiative (474
KB PDF) (2004)
(AGI summary
of NII reports is also available)
Strategies for Competitiveness
in Academic Research, American Association for the
Advancement of Science (2000)
Taxpayer's Regret by Fred Schwab, Geotimes, April 2007
Task Force for the Future
of Innovation, Letter of Support for FY09 Funding (02/08)
The Council on Competitiveness,
Letter of Support for FY09 Funding (02/08)
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NASA and U.S. Geological Survey: Landsat images help monitor everything from disease to wildfires to water use. Link to
NASA article |
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MBARI |
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute and National Science Foundation (NSF): Monterey Accelerated Research System (MARS), the first deep-sea observatory in the U.S. Using a cabled observatory, scientists can see their experimental results every day, change their sampling routines at will, and keep their instruments running indefinitely. |
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MIT |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Civil and Environmental Engineering: Be still my beating heart: Now, in work that could have applications in fields from biology to environmental engineering, MIT researchers has solved the mystery of the throbbing drop of oil. |
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NCAR |
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and NSF: Forecasters are testing a new technique called VORTRAC -- Vortex Objective Radar Tracking and Circulation -- that provides a detailed 3D view of an approaching hurricane every six minutes and allows them to determine whether the storm is gathering strength as it nears land. Then they can quickly alert coastal communities if the storm suddenly strengthens. American Institute
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USGS |
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and NSF: A powerful magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck Alaska on November 3, 2002. Although the Denali Fault shifted about 14 feet beneath the Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline, the pipeline did not break, averting a major economic and environmental disaster. This was largely the result of stringent design specifications based on geologic studies done by the USGS, basic research conducted by geoscientists over decades and innovative designs developed by geotechnical engineers. Studies of the Denali Fault and the 2002 earthquake will provide information vital to reducing losses in future earthquakes in Alaska, California, and elsewhere. USGS press release
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NSF |
NSF, MIT, AIP, and AAPM: New technologies pioneered by physicists, chemists, and other scientists help screen and fight some of the nation's deadliest diseases. New,
non-invasive pancreatic cancer screening technique: NSF |
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HRD |
NSF and Department of Energy (DOE): Geochemists are growing large, high-quality diamonds with the prospect of widespread applications in everything from cutting tools to electronics. AGI GeoTimes article
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Western Geco |
National Energy and Technology Laboratory (NETL) and DOE: Imaging algorithms developed by geophysicists are being used to locate deep offshore oil and gas reservoirs. NETL
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For more examples of the importance of science, engineering, and technology to our nation, visit:
U.S. Federal Agencies:
National Science Foundation Discoveries
American Institute of Physics Discoveries
and Breakthroughs Inside Science
Department of Energy News
U.S. Geological
Survey News
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) News
National Aeronautics
and Space Administration (NASA) News
National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST) News
U.S. National Laboratories:
Ames
Fermilab (Symmetry magazine)
Lawrence Berkeley
Lawrence Livermore
Los Alamos
Los
Alamos 1663 Science and Technology magazine
National
Energy Technology Laboratory
National Energy Renewable Laboratory
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge Institute
for Science and Education
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Others:
Scientific American publishes "Technology
Leaders: SciAm 50" every December. The list highlights innovations and
trends in business, policy and research related to science and technology. Some
content is fee based.
Science publishes "Breakthrough of the Year" every December. The special issue highlights major scientific advances and looks at future trends. Some content is fee based.
Nature publishes "Research
Highlights of the Year" every December. The special issue highlights major
scientific advances and looks at future trends. Some content is fee based.
Information on past Congressional Visits Days:
2007
2006 | 2005
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| 2002 | 2001
| 2000 | 1999
| 1998
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