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Lamar Smith: Science Peer Review Process Would 'Improve' With Political Oversight
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| Contributor | Homegrown Democrat |
| Last Edited | Homegrown Democrat Apr 30, 2013 10:24pm |
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| Author | Michael McAuliff |
| Media | Website - Huffington Post |
| News Date | Wednesday, May 1, 2013 02:30:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | WASHINGTON -- The chairman of the House Science Committee on Tuesday defended his controversial draft legislation that would subject the National Science Foundation's peer review process to politics as necessary to "improve" science.
Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) floated a proposal last week that would require the U.S. agency that supports non-medical research to certify that its grants were only funding research that is groundbreaking, important, and original. Legitimate scientists said those conditions can't be guaranteed and contradict basic scientific method.
The legislative proposal came with a letter to the National Science Foundation requesting that the scientists turn over to politicians the technical details of the peer review process for five grants that fund social science research that Smith deemed questionable. It prompted a sharp written response from the lead Democrat on the science committee, Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas), who slammed the request and the draft legislation as an unprecedented political foray into perhaps the world's preeminent sponsor of scientific research. |
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