The international space station -- the centerpiece of the American manned space program -- has encountered severe cost and management difficulties that could damage its value as a platform for conducting "world class" science, the supposed goal of the project.
If university administrators want us to conduct world-class research, then they need to make time for it and preserving the summer for research is key.
Fermilab was founded in the mid-1960s in response to a 1963 recommendation by the Atomic Energy Commission to build a national particle-accelerator facility to conduct world-class research in nuclear physics.
Based on the idea that politicians can't be good stewards of science without understanding what shapes a nation's ability to foster innovation and to reap the benefits from it, it looks at everything from tax, immigration, and patent policies to training the next generation of scientists and ensuring that they have the means to conduct world-class research.
Thus, the resounding echo heard from the German "biotech valley" is that opportunities both to conduct world-class research and to develop excellent professional skills are still there for all who have talent, drive, and a bit of nerve thrown in.
The institute represents a new model of universities in the United States investing in building the capacity to conduct world-class research locally by bringing international education and research facilities to the developing world.
"We don't only have the brainpower; we also have institutions that are conducting world-class research in Africa.
The University of Tokyo is one of the world's premier research universities conducting world-class interdisciplinary research across a wide spectrum of fields and is internationally acknowledged for major contributions in the arts and humanities, natural sciences, engineering, and medicine.
All three institutions have done groundbreaking work on HIV/AIDS from the start of the epidemic, conducting world-class research and developing model programs for prevention, treatment, and care.
The central mission of the NIHR is "to create a health research system in which the NHS supports outstanding individuals, working in world class facilities, conducting leading edge research focused on the needs of patients and the public" [ 2].
They are motivated by the 'presence of a pioneering company based in the UK, and the world class research being conducted in our universities and institutes'.
