State-Directed Science Funding
Governments increasingly steer research money toward strategic technologies and named national champions rather than open institutional peer review, turning science budgets into industrial policy.
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A White House OSTP report proposes redirecting ~$200 billion in annual research funding toward AI and portable individual-scientist fellowships and national missions, bypassing the WWII-era university peer-review grant system. This is a top-of-budget move to convert basic-science funding into directed industrial policy, the core mechanism of the thesis.
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Supporting · July 24, 2026
White House Moves to Redirect $200 Billion in Annual Research Funding Toward AI and Individual Scientists
A White House OSTP report proposes redirecting ~$200 billion in annual research funding toward AI and portable individual-scientist fellowships and national missions, bypassing the WWII-era university peer-review grant system. This is a top-of-budget move to convert basic-science funding into directed industrial policy, the core mechanism of the thesis.
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