Abstract:
Create a National Institute of Science and Engineering, like the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Funding for the nih has quadrupled since the 1980s, from $7 billion to $28 billion. "That's why we lead in pharmaceuticals and medical technology." Funding for science has been stagnant — about $5 billion—during that period. "I'd quadruple it and concentrate on nanotechnology, broadband and energy." Congressman Rahm Emanuel of Illinois