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These aren’t totally hypothetical questions. Currently, the US is in the process of trashing its wildly successful science funding system. NIH, which funds tens of billions of dollars of research each year, has been estimated to generate around $2.50 of economic activity for every $1 funded:
Impacts of NIH Funding on the US Economy, Jobs and Better Health
The U.S. National Institutes of Health is the largest single public funder of biomedical and behavioral research in the world. NIH activities and funding are major drivers of the United States’ compet...
wewillcure.com
February 23, 2025 at 10:16 AM
These aren’t totally hypothetical questions. Currently, the US is in the process of trashing its wildly successful science funding system. NIH, which funds tens of billions of dollars of research each year, has been estimated to generate around $2.50 of economic activity for every $1 funded: