federal grants

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More Money Won’t Win The War On Cancer

Jacoba Urist | The Atlantic | August 28, 2013

A broken grant structure, turf wars, and an exodus of scientists for other professions are bigger barriers to progress than a lack of funding. Read More »

Opinion: 'Teach Young People To Be Innovative'

Roberta B. Ness | CNN | September 24, 2012

The world has an insatiable appetite for innovation. To feed this desire for technologic and scientific breakthroughs, nations invest in our celebrated universities. Tax and tuition dollars go to educate students -- the next generation of open-minded thinkers -- but also toward fostering research. After all, academia is the quintessential innovation incubator. Isn't it? Read More »

States Spend $28M, Then Leave Exchanges To The Feds

Phil Galewitz | Kaiser Health News | April 24, 2013

Late last year, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer announced that her state would not build its own online insurance marketplace, a pillar of the Affordable Care Act, because there were too many unknowns. Read More »

Transparent Civic Improvement With Crowdfunding Platform Neighbor.ly

Sunlight Foundation | OpenSource.com | April 11, 2014

There are two processes in the public sphere that we all depend on but that few of us really understand. And what's worse is that both are in trouble.

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