Science of Science Funding is an NBER initiative, supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, which seeks to improve understanding of effective methods of supporting scientific research. Its goal is ...

Scientists can’t be everywhere all at once, as much as they’d like to. Many of the problems citizen science helps solve are ...

For Greg Pauly, inspiration came in the form of roadkill. Jogging in Los Angeles, California, about ten years ago, Pauly, the curator of herpetology at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County ...

For many, the term “scientist” brings up images of people clad in white lab coats clutching glass tubes, gathering data that will appear in dense academic articles that most people can’t parse, let ...

The National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) supported 58,800 science fund projects last year, allocating a total ...

Capstone projects are academic semester-long experiences for students nearing graduation. Student teams complete a substantial data science project that solidifies knowledge gained in the classroom ...

What judges look for when selecting the projects which earn awards in the North Carolina Science and Engineering fair each year. Students across North Carolina are pasting hypotheses and conclusions ...

Responding to an impending hazard means that time is limited, so analysis and decision-making must proceed on an accelerated timetable. Modeling, numerical simulation, leading to predictive capacity, ...

Invest in the future of technology in our region and nation. Gain over 1,500 hours dedicated focus to your project. Capstone projects are academic year-long experiences for students nearing graduation ...