Non-Zero-Sum Game Research Strategies in Times of Flat Federal Research Budgets

Sustaining momentum in any endeavor requires clear understanding of how we arrived where we are and the ingredients necessary to propel us to our goal. To sustain the rate and rise of the academic research enterprise we must know the key elements in our growth and how these elements are likely to change in the future. What I would like to do is take a brief look back over the last decade of academic research in the United States, with particular focus on the growth of the life sciences. Then I will try to answer three questions: