The United States recognizes that science and technology are critical to achieving our highest priorities: national security, economic growth, and job creation. The ingenuity of our research community, in partnership with the government and the private sector, has built an innovation ecosystem whose successes originate with investments in basic research. The history of science is ... Read More»

Good morning, and thank for the opportunity to address the 2017 G7 Science Ministerial. I am France Córdova, Director of the National Science Foundation. I am honored to represent the United States of America today. I would like to extend my deepest gratitude to Minister Fedeli and the Government of Italy for hosting us in ... Read More»

The United States agrees that maintaining and modernizing research infrastructure is critical to getting the best value out of research and development investments. State-of-the-art research infrastructure provides us with unique capabilities, ensuring that the science and technology workforce has the capabilities it needs to conduct world-leading research. As we noted in session 2, innovative partnership ... Read More»

The United States recognizes that investments in fundamental research can lead to emerging technologies, and create ingredients important for innovation ecosystems to thrive.  It is a goal to expand the number and diversity of innovation ecosystems, and one way to do this is through a variety and diversity of partnerships. In the United States, government ... Read More»

Thank you, Director Ferrini, and thank you all for joining us for today’s press conference. Today marks an exciting milestone in the growing international scientific effort to unlock the extraordinary mysteries of our Universe. A little more than a year and a half ago, the U.S. National Science Foundation announced that our Laser Gravitational Wave Observatory ... Read More»