Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on the Text -- Section 1: Overview of U.S. Science Policy -- 1. Science Policy Defined -- 2. U.S. Science Policy before and after Sputnik -- 3. The Players in Science Policy -- 4. The Process of Making Science Policy -- 5. Federal Funding for Research: Rationale, Impact, and Trends -- Section 2: Federal Partners in the Conduct of Science -- 6. Universities -- 7. Federal Laboratories -- 8. Industry -- 9. The States -- 10. The Public -- Section 3: Science Policy Issues in the Post-Sputnik Era -- 11. Science for National Defense -- 12. Big Science -- 13. Scientific Infrastructure -- 14. Scientific Ethics and Integrity -- 15. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education -- Section 4: Science Policy in an Era of Increased Globalization -- 16. The Science and Engineering Workforce -- 17. Globalization and Science Policy -- 18. Science and Homeland Security -- 19. Grand Challenges for Science and Society -- 20. Science, Science Policy, and the Nation's Future -- Index.