Comment from Rebekah Jackson
Rebekah JacksonSupportAcademic
Summary: A graduate worker at Yale University supports the regulation by arguing that funding and grant determinations should be made by scientists rather than politicians. They emphasize that because "basic" research is highly specialized, it requires expertise that non-scientists lack.
The Office of Management and Budget ,I am a graduate worker at Yale University working on an enzyme implicated in multiple cancers. My research is what called “basic” or “fundamental” and may not be understood by someone not in my field. This is why it is crucial that the determination of funds and grants be done by other scientists and not by politicians unfamiliar with my field. [ ]