In June of 1940, President Franklin D. Roosevelt had established the National Defense Research Committee (NDRC) to conduct scientific research to solve the problems underlying the development, production, and use of mechanisms and devices of warfare. Similarly, to an effort that had occurred during World War I under the Council of National Defense.
There were several problems impacting the success of the NDRC. The agency had neither the authority nor the money to move research through development and final production. To solve these problems, President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 8807 on June 28, 1941 to establish the Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD) under the Office for Emergency Management. Former Dean at Massachusetts Institute …show more content…
Responsibility for federal contracts was transferred to the Office of Naval Research, the National Institutes of Health, the Atomic Energy Commission, and eventually the National Science Foundation.
Before World War II, the U.S. government provided very little funding for research by universities. But because of the war, the government funding for U.S. universities skyrocketed. The OSRD funding permanently changed research by American universities. By the time the war was over, almost 75% of government research and development dollars would be spent on universities. This dramatic change of research funding provided by the war would:
• Establish a permanent role for U.S. government funding of university research
• Establish the U.S. government as the primary source of university research dollars
• Establish a role for government funding for military weapons research inside of U.S. universities
• Make U.S. universities a magnet for researchers from around the world
• Give the U.S. the undisputed lead in a technology and innovation driven economy – until the rise of
There were several problems impacting the success of the NDRC. The agency had neither the authority nor the money to move research through development and final production. To solve these problems, President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 8807 on June 28, 1941 to establish the Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD) under the Office for Emergency Management. Former Dean at Massachusetts Institute …show more content…
Responsibility for federal contracts was transferred to the Office of Naval Research, the National Institutes of Health, the Atomic Energy Commission, and eventually the National Science Foundation.
Before World War II, the U.S. government provided very little funding for research by universities. But because of the war, the government funding for U.S. universities skyrocketed. The OSRD funding permanently changed research by American universities. By the time the war was over, almost 75% of government research and development dollars would be spent on universities. This dramatic change of research funding provided by the war would:
• Establish a permanent role for U.S. government funding of university research
• Establish the U.S. government as the primary source of university research dollars
• Establish a role for government funding for military weapons research inside of U.S. universities
• Make U.S. universities a magnet for researchers from around the world
• Give the U.S. the undisputed lead in a technology and innovation driven economy – until the rise of