John Clements, right, and George Gregory, left, worked together to develop CPAP therapy for babies in neonatal intensive care. (Credit: UC San Francisco)

Federal funding is the engine that powers America’s scientific discoveries.

It’s no coincidence that some of history’s most transformational technologies emerged from U.S. universities at a time when the federal government was making significant investments in research and development. In the mid-1960s, federal spending on science made up nearly two percent of U.S. gross domestic product, an all-time high.

Then as now, much of that support flowed to academic scientists, including at UC, where faculty and students put it to work solving problems in consequential fields like medicine, technology and agriculture.

It would be hard to overstate the return on that investment — from medical breakthroughs that have saved millions of lives to technologies that are ingrained in our everyday routines.

Explore UC’s scientific blockbusters at the UC Newsroom

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