Examples of use of basic research
1. And basic research will –– you know, the market doesn‘t –– the marketplace –– the free marketplace doesn‘t work for basic research, because you don‘t get the returns on basic research like you do in applied research.'4; And so companies won‘t put the money into basic research.'4; And that‘s why it‘s imperative that the federal government do it with taxpayer money.
2. I‘m not against government support for basic research into alternative fuels, just as I‘m not against government funding of basic research into health sciences.
3. Rees, who oversees the Defense Department‘s basic research portfolio, said basic research, by its nature, is high–risk but worth the investment.
4. The workshop was the second in a series following the 2002 Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee study "Basic Research Needs to Assure a Secure Energy Future." The first workshop examined basic research needs for the hydrogen economy.
5. He said the Senate should follow the House‘s lead and approve full funding of the basic research component of his initiative, which would double federal spending on basic research in the physical sciences.