REPORT - Science, Technology, Engineering, Medicine, and the Role of Philanthropy

This paper derives from the research project on science and philanthropy at the Frontiers of Science and Innovation Policy in the School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California, San Diego. [...] basic and applied research derives from the mission strategies of business and the federal government, not the bottom-up inspirations and strategies of individual research groups. [...] Following the advice of Vannevar Bush in his famous 1945 report, “Science, The Endless Frontier”12, the US Government became the major funder of research and provided their funds mainly to the nation’s universities and non-profit research institutions. [...] The Macro Influence of Philanthropy on the US Portfolio Mix In this section and the next four, we analyze the impact of philanthropy on the behavior of the American discovery ecosystem. [...] To explore the impact of philanthropy on the basic and applied end of the research spectrum, we examine three dimensions of the portfolio: 1.