| Problem | Components |
|---|---|
| Policy issue area: | Science |
| Policy issue: | Science policy |
| Description: | Insufficient utilization of science to solve national and world problems. |
| Symptoms: | Frequent adverse effects of scientific discoveries; misuse and waste of scientific research; lack of focus and direction of research; growing anti-science and anti- technology attitudes; continued (and in some cases growing) national and global problems where science and technology are not used properly. |
| Causes: | Lack of political leadership; lack of interest or involvement on the part of scientists beyond their own field. |
| Cost of problem: | - |
| Solution | Components |
| Resources: | Universities and research institutes; Federal and state governments; scientists. |
| Goal: | 1. Encourage scientific inquiry that serves the broad public interest in all publicly-funded
research 2. Encourage publicly-funded research in the areas posing the greatest problems and threats to human existence. |
| Program area: | Knowledge development |
| Program-remedy: | 1. Develop mechanisms for setting priorities, to direct the focus of scientific inquiry
toward urgent problems, and away from self-serving interests 2. Create institutional mechanisms to evaluate the value and returns on scientific research. |
| Program-prevent: | 1. Preserve and expand the human resource base for science through education grants
2. Cooperation with scientists world-wide to reduce duplication of effort. |
| Cost of program: | - |
| Beneficiaries: | Business and industry; human populations world-wide. |