Abstract
On March 3, the House Subcommittee on Science continued its examination of scientific research with the second in a series of hearings on renewing U.S. science policy. The hearing focused on the report by the National Science Board's Commission on the Future of the National Science Foundation, released last November. The subcommittee chairman, Rick Boucher (D‐Va.), in cooperation with full science committee chairman George Brown (D‐Calif.), plans further hearings throughout the year to look at the way science is funded, how it contributes to national needs, and whether a better method of priority setting is necessary.The NSB Commission, according to witness James Duderstadt, NSB chairman, “strongly reaffirms [NSF's support of] curiosity‐driven, peer‐reviewed science.” The witnesses unanimously concurred with the commission's finding that, in general, NSF's traditional mission is appropriate and the foundation is performing it well. They recommended no major changes to the agency's mission.
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