Task Force Info Center
See the latest information from the Congress, the Administration, and the Task Force, including key laws, policies, and statements that shape basic research in the physical sciences and engineering. Each page features recent developments, key documents, factoids, and links to leading committees, agencies, or organizations. Track funding levels here.
Understanding Innovation
Stories that illustrate the value of basic research and innovation.
1. Point of Agreement: a brief history of the bipartisan research agenda
2. Small Investment Yields Big Results: how NSF and Stanford helped launch Google
3. Life Without Lasers? basic research led to military, health, and commercial applications
Featured Videos
The Task Force sponsored a competition in 2007 for
an original video explaining the benefits of basic
research in the physical sciences and engineering.
Above is the winner!
Below is President Obama's address in April 2009
before the National Academies on the necessity of
science.