Science Policy

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Science policy is an area of public policy usually concerned with the funding of science and with the regulation of technology produced by scientific research. Science policy is the intersection between scientific research and public policy. The funding of science has three major venues: educational institutions, governments, and philanthropic organizations. Most of the leading political issues in the United States have a scientific component. For example, renewable energy, Stem Cell Research etc. Businesses have a comparable function, but since they usually do it for profit, the goals, methods and justifications are very different. Science policy for business is usually called research and development.