Abstract
A MUTUALLY SUSPICIOUS relationship has long existed in the federally funded research and development community in the U.S. It is a mistrustful rivalry that is rarely discussed in public, but it permeates the R&D community and generates heated complaints among colleagues in private discussions. I am referring to the long-standing disrespect that many university research professors and national laboratory researchers feel for each other. I have witnessed this friction throughout my entire career, and I see it escalating as federal research funding tightens. When I chaired the National Academy of Sciences review of the Department of Energy’s Basic Energy Sciences program in catalysis research, committee members entered the study with preconceived notions. University professors thought national labs received money without proper peer review and received more than their “fair” share. The professors also thought that too much funding was wasted on big instrumentation at national laboratories. National lab scien...
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