The researchers are the first-ever recipients of the Golden Goose Award, which highlights the unpredictable nature of basic scientific research and the fact that some of the most important scientific discoveries come from federally funded research that may once have been viewed as unusual, odd, or obscure.

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But that basic scientific research is the foundation that private sector research is built on.

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Scientific research has unearthed the basic principles behind goal-setting.

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The two ministries are the Ministry of Basic Education, Literacy and the Promotion of National Languages and the Ministry of Secondary and Higher Education and Scientific Research.

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With the public leaning toward approval of new austerity measures, basic scientific research in Ireland could also face painful cutbacks.

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Congress and the Administration must act quickly and assertively to renew our investment in basic scientific research.

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It was an approach that said we need to go through the budget line-by-line looking for waste, without shortchanging education and basic scientific research and road construction, because those things are essential to our future.

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