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YOU NEED TO WRITE A BRIEF OP-ED STATEMENT – OF AT LEAST 60 WORDS – THAT ADDRESSES THE FOLLOWING ISSUE:
The National Science Foundation (NSF), with a budget of over 7 billion dollars, provides roughly 24% of the funding for all federally supported research conducted by American universities and colleges. Researchers, when they receive NSF funding, have to agree to submit a Project Outcomes Report at the expiration of their grant. “This report serves as a brief summary, prepared specifically for the public, of the nature and outcomes of the project.” The regulation derives from a law called “America COMPETES Act of 2007 and, by highlighting the benefits of NSF funded research, it helps NSF gain congressional and public support.
The regulation went into effect on January 4, 2010. But as the statement on the initial page of this web site indicates, few researchers have complied with the regulation by submitting reports: In 2010 it was 6%, in 2011 11%, in 2012 3%, and in 2013 23%. (Students can check the details who has submitted reports by looking on the NSF REQUIRED REPORT link at the top and clicking on particular years.)
At the present time, the U.S. House of Representatives, especially members of the Science Committee that oversees NSF, are concerned that some NSF research may be “frivolous” and a waste of taxpayer money. If more researchers explained the benefits of their research in the required Project Outcomes Reports, the current tensions between the Science Committee and NSF might possibly be lessened.
The questions you need consider in writing your Op-Ed are:
Do you think it appropriate that the researchers accept NSF funding and then not comply with the NSF regulation regarding the Project Outcomes Report? Why do you think so many researchers fail to submit Project Outcome Reports?
What steps to you think should be taken to address the problem (if you view it as a problem)?
Do you think the U.S. House Science Committee is correct in checking on the value of research projects given its limited research expertise? Should NSF, instead, be trusted to enforce its own regulations even when – as indicated in this case – it does not necessarily do so? You decide.
For more information, click on the CLARIFCATION OF NSF REPORT at the top of this page
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