Michael Kratsios, Trump's science adviser, views the recent sharp cuts in federal research funding as an opportunity for the scientific community to reassess its priorities, advocating for increased private support. He remarks on diminishing returns from federal investments over the last 45 years. In contrast, experts like Benjamin Jones highlight that funding has waned as a share of GDP, suggesting that reducing federal support actually hampers growth in scientific research. The ongoing debate raises concerns about maintaining the U.S.'s position in global scientific advancement amidst budget cuts.
President Donald Trump's science adviser and director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy believes the recent, seismic cuts to federal research funding offer "a moment of clarity" for the scientific community to rethink its priorities, including the government's role in supporting research.
Michael Kratsios, who is pushing for increased private sector support of research, said that federal investment in scientific research-much of which happens at universities-has yielded "diminishing returns" over the past 45 years.
As in scientific inquiry, when we uncover evidence that conflicts with our existing theories, we revise our theories and conduct further experiments to better understand the truth, Kratsios said.
Kratsios may have things exactly backward. Our growth has slowed down over decades-the same decades where we have been funding science less and less as a share of GDP." Benjamin Jones, an economics professor at Northwestern University.
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