Texas congressman Lamar Smith, SOPA author and new chair of the US House of Representatives' Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, wants to overhaul how the National Science Foundation funds research projects. According to Science , Smith's draft bill (called the "High Quality Research Act") would require that the director of the NSF certify prior to any funding award that the proposed project is "groundbreaking," of "the finest quality," not duplicate any other federally funded research, and "advance the national health, prosperity, or welfare, and to secure the national defense." It also requires that the National Science Board (including the President's National Science Advisors) issue a report making recommendations on how...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/29/4282270/house-chair-wants-congress-guidelines-replace-peer-review-science-research
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