Congress, Scientists Highlight Stimulus-funded Research

 

Representatives of the nation’s leading public and private research universities, joined by Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Members of Congress, gathered in Washington on Tuesday to discuss how funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) is fueling research, recovery and reinvestment activities across the country.        
   

Senior research officers of several universities, including Rutgers’ Vice President for Research and Graduate and Professional Education Michael Pazzani, discussed the impact that ARRA research funding is having on their institutions. 

A new website launched Tuesday, www.ScienceWorksForUS.org, is the centerpiece of an initiative sponsored by the Association of American Universities, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, and The Science Coalition.

The website highlights Recovery Act-sponsored research in all 50 states, telling the stories of the research and the researchers contributing to America’s recovery.
 

The ARRA provided more than $21 billion for scientific research and development, the purchase of scientific equipment, and science-related construction.  This extraordinary investment, proposed by President Obama and enacted by Congress, is affirmation of the essential role scientific inquiry and discovery play in both short-term recovery and long-term economic growth.