The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine

Re:The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science... by jswny on Monday December 22, 2025 @12:46PM (#46356510)

So only opportunities with a path to economic profitability should be researched?

That is a very narrow view of advancing society

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Re:The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science... by tw600040 on Monday December 22, 2025 @12:53PM (#46356599)

Research anything and everything on your own dime. if it's taxpayer's money, then yes, it has to have at least a probability of profitability.

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Re:The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science... by Esophagus4 on Monday December 22, 2025 @02:15PM (#46357663)

If it could be profitable, the private sector would fund it.

Government funding can help with things that we decide are good for society, but not quite profitable financially.

Examples: CDC lead exposure research, Earthquake Early Warning System… even the tech we use today came out of non-commercialized funding (NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography and ARPANET).

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Re:The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science... by maerF0x0 on Monday December 22, 2025 @01:03PM (#46356708)

And if there is a probability of profitability then there is a market to sell that opportunity for capital.

But in a high interest rate environment some ideas just arent worth exploring.

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Re:The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science... by techterrier on Monday December 22, 2025 @01:03PM (#46356706)

generating private profits are the best use of public money?

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