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Science costs money – research is guided by who funds it and why

  • Written by Ryan Summers, Associate Professor of Science Education, University of North Dakota
Science costs money – research is guided by who funds it and whyNSF is one federal agency that funds a wide range of basic science research.Nicole Fuller/National Science Foundation, CC BY

Scientists have always needed someone to help foot the bill for their work.

In the 19th century, for example, Charles Darwin made an expensive voyage to the southernmost tip of the Americas, visiting many other places en...

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