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The Physical Sciences and Mathematics

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  • EDWARD GERJUOY
  • ELIZABETH UREY BARANGER

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University faculty in the physical sciences and mathematics— the quantitative sciences—must generate their own research funds, often including funds to support their graduate students. The major funding source is the federal government, through its various funding agencies; the competition for research funds is intense. As a result, an agency's funding criteria, which depend on the agency's mission, can greatly influence research directions in a broad field of quantitative science. In particular, such influences—amounting to a significant skewing of research directions and subfield growth in university quantitative science, with possible effects on university recruiting and administrative policies as well—have resulted from the mission orientation of the Department of Defense (DoD), coupled with recent increases in DoD funding. Concluding observations discuss some possible means of alleviating the problems posed by DoD funding of university quantitative science.

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  • Edward Gerjuoy & Elizabeth Urey Baranger, 1989. "The Physical Sciences and Mathematics," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 502(1), pages 58-81, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:anname:v:502:y:1989:i:1:p:58-81
    DOI: 10.1177/0002716289502001005
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