SUNY's Killeen Testifies Before Congress on Importance of Federal Investment in Research
November 13, 2013
Washington, DC — Research Foundation for SUNY President and SUNY Vice Chancellor for Research Dr. Tim Killeen testified today for Congress on the importance of federal investments in research, science, and technology.
“If we fail to act boldly, we could face a less prepared, less highly-skilled U.S. workforce, fewer U.S.-based scientific and technological breakthroughs, and fewer patents, startups, products, and jobs,” said Killeen. “These impacts may not be immediately obvious because the education and research that lead to advances do not happen overnight. But the consequences are inevitable if we do not respond to the innovation deficit. A strategic component of whatever answer we reach should be sustained true growth of the federal investment in basic and applied research.”
His testimony, which is available online, was given for the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
The purpose of the hearing is to review the proposed discussion draft of the Frontiers in Innovation, Research, Science, and Technology (FIRST) Act of 2013, and to understand federal research and education priorities for the National Science Foundation (NSF), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), and interagency Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) programs.
“This critically important legislation is needed to foster the economic security and the national security of the United States,” Killeen told the Committee. “The path forward for resolving the budget challenges facing the nation is undeniably complicated, and I fully appreciate that these challenges must be met resolutely and with realism. Whatever legislative product this Committee ultimately produces should send a clear and unmistakable message to our international competitors that this nation is committed to making the investments necessary to keep us at the cutting edge of the global knowledge economy.”
About The Research Foundation for The State University of New York
The Research Foundation for SUNY (RF) is the largest, most comprehensive university-connected research foundation in the country. The RF manages SUNY's research portfolio providing essential sponsored programs administration and innovation support services to SUNY faculty and students performing research in life sciences and medicine; engineering and nanotechnology; physical sciences and energy; social sciences, and computer and information sciences. The RF moves SUNY ideas and inventions to the marketplace collaborating with business and industry to create new opportunity and new jobs for New York State. To learn more about the RF visit www.rfsuny.org.
About the State University of New York
The State University of New York, which celebrates its 75th anniversary this year, is the largest comprehensive system of higher education in the United States, and more than 95 percent of all New Yorkers live within 30 miles of any one of SUNY’s 64 colleges and universities. Across the system, SUNY has four academic health centers, five hospitals, four medical schools, two dental schools, a law school, the country’s oldest school of maritime, the state’s only college of optometry, and manages one US Department of Energy National Laboratory. In total, SUNY serves about 1.4 million students amongst its entire portfolio of credit- and non-credit-bearing courses and programs, continuing education, and community outreach programs. SUNY oversees nearly a quarter of academic research in New York. Research expenditures system-wide are nearly $1.1 billion in fiscal year 2022, including significant contributions from students and faculty. There are more than three million SUNY alumni worldwide, and one in three New Yorkers with a college degree is a SUNY alum. To learn more about how SUNY creates opportunities, visit suny.edu.
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