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The Future of Science Funding: As the current administration rolls back funding for science and private funding gains a bigger foothold, many are wondering what science funding will look like in the future and what the ripple effects will be. How science be funded? What are the pros and cons of private vs. public funds? What is the optimal balance?

https://www.aau.edu/key-issues/federal-research-cuts-threaten-us-innovation-and-leadership

https://www.cato-unbound.org/2013/08/23/victoria-harden/science-both-public-private-sector/

https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/whats-your-problem/a-billion-dollar-bet-on-carbon-removal

https://www.nber.org/digest/202103/are-federal-and-private-research-funding-substitutes