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Congratulations to senior fellow Neal F. Lane, who received the 2022 Herbert Pardes Family Award for National Leadership in Advocacy for Research at a March 16th ceremony. The award recognizes Lane’s sustained commitment to public engagement and advocacy for research. 

President Biden has appointed both Francis Collins and Alondra Nelson as interim replacements for the White House’s top science advisor position, which Eric Lander recently vacated. Senior fellow Neal Lane, former science adviser to President Clinton, has cautioned people on the risks in the division of labor. 

Congratulations to senior science and technology fellow Neal Lane, who will receive a Research!America Advocacy Award honoring his distinguished leadership and sustained commitment to public engagement and advocacy for research. The Herbert Pardes Family Award for National Leadership in Advocacy for Research is one of five 2022 Research!America awards recognizing individuals who show outstanding commitment to sustaining the nation’s world-class leadership in medical and health research.  Lane, who is also a professor of physics and astronomy (emeritus) and the Malcolm Gillis university professor (emeritus) at Rice, is the former director of the National Science Foundation and science advisor to President Clinton. Lane joins four other 2022 Research!America awardees, including Francis S. Collins, who has directed the National Institutes of Health since 2009, serving under three different presidents.  Read more about the awards here.

"I’m worried that if you move too fast, you can break things that are working," said senior fellow Neal Lane. "I’d rather see Congress tell the [National Science Foundation]  it wants to see more geographical diversity, and then let NSF figure out how to get there."

The Senate passed a $250 billion funding bill this week to boost U.S. technology research -- an investment that is long overdue, said senior science and technology policy fellow Neal Lane, who is a former National Science Foundation director. “Even if it weren’t for the competition with China, the American people deserve the benefits that come from these kinds of investments of taxpayer money."