Scientific Research Funding

Event Ideas

The following is a list of resources that may be used for chapter meetings and events. Ideas range from book clubs to movie nights and from roundtable discussions to large events.

Movies

• And the Band Played On
  

Suggested Speakers

• Dr. Kevin Conway
  Program Director
  National Institute on Drug Abuse

• Dr. Sheldon Krimsky
  Professor of Science
  Tufts University

• Dr. Maratos-Flier
  Professor
  Harvard Medical School

• Research Provost at local University or other professors at local universities who conduct research through governmental or private industry contracts.

• Member of the House Committee on Science
  Membership list available here: http://www.house.gov/science/committeeinfo/members/index.htm

Websites

• American Association for the Advancement of Science
  www.aaas.org

• Association of American Universities
  www.aau.edu

• Access Excellence
  www.accessexcellence.org

• Department of Energy
  www.doe.gov

• House Committee on Science
  www.house.gov/science

• Media Resource: Linking journalists and scientists
  www.mediaresource.org

• National Health Institute
  www.nih.gov

• National Science Foundation
  www.nsf.gov

• Research America
  www.researchamerica.org

• Science and Technology resources: A catalog of government science and technology sites
  www.scitechresources.gov

Books and Publications

• Liberty and research and Development: Science Funding in a Free Society
  Edited by Tibor R. Machan

• Science in the Private Interest
  Prof. Sheldon Krimsky, Tufts University
  

• House Bill 2613--Public Access to Science Act
  The Bill proposes to make the results of all federally funded research available free to the general public in an online database.
  

Articles

• "Does Industry Funding Deserve a Bad Rap?"
  By Tori DeAngelis (American Psychologists Association, July/August 2003)

• "The Economics of Science: Interview with Terence Kealey"
  By JR Minkel (Scientific American, March 3, 2003)

• "CDC Toolkit: the Federal Trough"
  By Jim Austin (Science Magazine, 2/20/2002)
  Subscription Required

• National Science Foundation report: Science and Technology: Public Attitudes and Public Understanding
  (Chapter 7 of report), 2002