Join us for Ethics Grand Rounds on May 13th at 12:00pm ET for A Great Friendship: The Evolution of the Government–University Science Partnership in the United States, featuring Jonathan Engel, PhD, Senior Lecturer in Health Policy and Management, and Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, PhD, Division of Ethics Chief.
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Abstract: The United States developed relationships with its research universities during World War II which produced the Manhattan Project (U. of California) and the Rad Lab (MIT), among others. In the years after the war, these relationships were enhanced and enlarged through the creation of the Atomic Energy Commission, the Office of Naval Research, the National Institutes of Health, and the National Science Foundation. These government-university relationships have been enormously fruitful for a variety of reasons. In this grand rounds, we will explore the unusual nature of these relationships and discuss the future of science funding in the United States.
