Prabhakar emphasized that investing in R&D is crucial for addressing future health and safety challenges and maintaining America's leadership in global science and technology.
"Today, we're at a pivotal moment for federally-funded R&D," she said, noting that many Americans don't often think about how we're living lives that were created and made possible by those prior investments.
She pointed to federal funding's role in driving the development of GPS, the internet and new cancer treatments, aiding in understanding Earth and climate.
Prabhakar warned that misinformation and an erosion of trust in public institutions are threatening to break public R&D rather than build it.
#research-and-development #public-funding #science-and-technology #misinformation #federal-investment
Collection
[
|
...
]