Good overview on Federal contracting to researchers

September 28, 2008 by Dagpotter · Comment
Filed under: Congress, Federal Budget Process, S&T, development program 

While most people think of Defense when it comes to contracting as that dominates the headlines, the Federal government hands out money for many things. Research is one of the areas that they buy a lot off. It discusses the difference between grant and contract research. The biggest is that with a contract the government is buying research on a specific problem. A grant funds more basic research.

For more on this the Chronicle of Higher Education.