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The Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program (formerly known as High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC) Program) was created by the High Performance Computing Act of 1991, (P.L. 102-194) [4] and amended by the Next Generation Internet Research Act of 1998 (P.L. 105-305), [5] and the America ...
And in the following years, the federal government supported the establishment of a national modern science and technology system, making America a world leader in science and technology. [24] Part of America's past and current preeminence in applied science has been due to its vast research and development budget, which at $401.6bn in 2009 was ...
This is a list of United States federal agencies that are primarily devoted to research and development, including their notable subdivisions. These agencies are responsible for carrying out the science policy of the United States .
Research institutions are a subset of doctoral degree-granting institutions and conduct research. These institutions "conferred at least 20 research/scholarship doctorates in 2019-20 and reported at least $5 million in total research expenditures in FY20 were assigned to one of two categories based on a measure of research activity." [1]
Contribution of each state to US research in 2010, in terms of funding (public and private sectors) and science and engineering occupations. Source: Figure 5.6 from the UNESCO Science Report: towards 2030, based on data from National Science Foundation. The level of research spending varies considerably from one state to another.
Doctoral Universities: Moderate Research Activity Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Cambridge, Massachusetts: 1861 Private not-for-profit 11,319 $13.475 Doctoral Universities: Highest Research Activity Michigan Technological University: Houghton, Michigan: 1885 Public 7,099 $0.096 Doctoral Universities: Higher Research Activity
The technology and information on how to build a textile industry were largely provided by Samuel Slater (1768–1835) who emigrated to New England in 1789. He had studied and worked in British textile mills for a number of years and immigrated to the United States, despite restrictions against it, to try his luck with U.S. manufacturers who ...
United States House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology; United States House Science Subcommittee on Energy; United States House Science Subcommittee on Environment; United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation; University technology transfer offices