science policy
Government research priorities
Science policy is the set of decisions governments and institutions make about funding, regulating, and directing scientific research.
It determines which fields receive resources, how findings are applied, and what ethical boundaries govern experimentation.
Science policy debates often involve balancing public benefit against economic interests: Climate science policy has become deeply politicized.
The term also covers how scientific evidence informs broader policy decisions on issues like public health or environmental protection.
- budgetsPlanned expense limits
- applied researchInvestigation targeting specific problems
- clinical trialsControlled health research experiments
- space explorationInvestigating the cosmos beyond Earth
- grantsAwarded funds for purposes
federal agencies · bioethics · ethical guidelines · evidence-based · oversight · public accountability · public engagement · legislation · scientific literacy · patents · peer review · data sharing · regulatory agencies · risk assessment · bilateral agreements · global networks · sustainability · international treaties
- Policyprivacy law, welfare reform, tax reform, healthcare reform, defense spending
- research policyresearch funding, research ethics, grant funding, federal funding, public funding
- science studiespublic understanding, scientific literacy, public engagement, scientific community, scientific method
- innovationinnovation, invention, innovative, innovate, breakthrough
- bioethicsbioethics, medical ethics, genetic engineering, beneficence, non-maleficence
- medical researchmedical research, clinical trial, drug trial, biomedical research, cancer research
science policypure research
Inquiry without practical aim
basic research · blue-sky research · basic science · academic freedom · applied science
science policyobscurantism
Restricting access to knowledge
dogmatism · willful ignorance · superstition · irrationalism