Overview
Give a brief overview of your research. Science awards are usually given to individuals or organizations that have made significant contributions to a discipline. They are often given by prestigious institutions, thus it is considered a great honor for a scientist to receive them. Since the early Renaissance, scientists are often awarded medals, money, and titles. The Nobel Prize, a widely regarded prestigious award, is awarded annually to those who have achieved scientific advances in the fields of medicine, physics, chemistry, and economics.
Research Project One
Describe the project. New knowledge in science is advanced by research from scientists who are motivated by curiosity about the world and a desire to solve problems.
Goal
Describe the goal of the project. Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe.
Impact
Describe the impact of the project. Scientific research can be labeled as either basic or applied research. Basic research is the search for knowledge and applied research is the search for solutions to practical problems using this knowledge. Most understanding comes from basic research, though sometimes applied research targets specific practical problems. This leads to technological advances that were not previously imaginable.
Research Project Two
Describe the project. Modern science is commonly divided into three major branches: natural science, social science, and formal science.
Goal
Describe the goal of the project. The scientific community is a network of interacting scientists who conducts scientific research. The community consists of smaller groups working in scientific fields. By having peer review, through discussion and debate within journals and conferences, scientists maintain the quality of research methodology and objectivity when interpreting results.
Impact
Describe the impact of the project. Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe.
Research Project Three
Describe the project. In the late 20th century, active recruitment of women and the elimination of sex discrimination greatly increased the number of women scientists, but large gender disparities remain in some fields.
Goal
Describe the goal of the project. In the past, science was a synonym for “knowledge” or “study”, in keeping with its Latin origin. A person who conducted scientific research was called a “natural philosopher” or “man of science”.
Impact
Describe the impact of the project. Another approach, instrumentalism, emphasizes the utility of theories as instruments for explaining and predicting phenomena. It views scientific theories as black boxes with only their input (initial conditions) and output (predictions) being relevant. Consequences, theoretical entities, and logical structure are claimed to be something that should be ignored.
