Science, Technology, and Global Economic Competitiveness: Hearing Before the Committee on Science, [House of Representatives], One Hundred Ninth Congress, First Session, October 20, 2005, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 2006 - 621 pages |
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... groups in re- cent years have suggested doubling federal funding for basic research , as the NAS report recommends.2 ( The authorization bill for the National Science Foundation the Congress passed in 2002 called for doubling that ...
... groups in re- cent years have suggested doubling federal funding for basic research , as the NAS report recommends.2 ( The authorization bill for the National Science Foundation the Congress passed in 2002 called for doubling that ...
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... group for students in grades four and eight . These students are not on track to study college level science and engineering and , in fact , are unlikely ever to do so . Of the 25-30 percent of entering college freshmen with an interest ...
... group for students in grades four and eight . These students are not on track to study college level science and engineering and , in fact , are unlikely ever to do so . Of the 25-30 percent of entering college freshmen with an interest ...
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... groups , additional consultations via email and telephone with other experts , and an unusually large panel of reviewers . Although other solutions are undoubtedly possible , the committee believes that its rec- ommendations , if ...
... groups , additional consultations via email and telephone with other experts , and an unusually large panel of reviewers . Although other solutions are undoubtedly possible , the committee believes that its rec- ommendations , if ...
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... groups , and from its own members . The challenge is immense , and the actions needed to respond are immense as well . The committee identified two key challenges that are tightly coupled to scientific and engineering prowess : creating ...
... groups , and from its own members . The challenge is immense , and the actions needed to respond are immense as well . The committee identified two key challenges that are tightly coupled to scientific and engineering prowess : creating ...
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... groups , as I do frequently , and to get some guy raising his hand , I will call on him , and you know , he starts moaning and groaning about K - 12 education and the high schools are grad- uating students that we can't hire because ...
... groups , as I do frequently , and to get some guy raising his hand , I will call on him , and you know , he starts moaning and groaning about K - 12 education and the high schools are grad- uating students that we can't hire because ...
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Page 302 - Branscomb is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society...
Page 616 - The National Research Council is the operating arm of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine, chartered by Congress in 1863 to advise the government on matters of science and technology.
Page 299 - He is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and the Institution of Electrical Engineers (United Kingdom).
Page 335 - Virginia with grant support from the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
Page 44 - He is a member of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology and the Department of Homeland Security Advisory Board and was a member of the Hart/Rudman Commission on National Security.
Page 350 - He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the American Astronautical Society, and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, Air Force Association, Sigma Xi and Phi Beta Kappa.
Page 338 - Organization (NATO). In 1977, he was appointed principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for communications, command, control, and intelligence. In 1979, he was named Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for research, development, and logistics and in parallel was director of the National Reconnaissance Office.
Page 227 - Office director reports to the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) through the assistant director for technology.
Page 503 - Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Other Agreements with Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other Nonprofit Organizations," and also consolidates the audit requirements contained throughout the DOL regulations.
Page 54 - Man of the Year" Award for these and other activities. Dr. Wulf is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Corresponding Member of the...