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Golden Goose Award

The Golden Goose Award is a United States award in recognition of scientists whose federally funded basic research has led to innovations or inventions with significant impact on humanity or society. Created by Congressman Jim Cooper of Tennessee in 2012, recipients receive the award in a ceremony during the fall each year on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C.[1]

Background

Between 1975 and 1988, William Proxmire, a Democratic United States Senator for Wisconsin awarded the tongue-in-cheek Golden Fleece Awards to public officials for spending public money in ways he considered irresponsible or wasteful. These awards were often given to scientists working on seemingly obscure federally funded scientific studies causing ridicule and scrutiny of the usefulness of such research.

The Golden Goose Awards were established over two decades later in order to highlight the value of federally-funded basic research. With the Golden Goose Award, Cooper wanted to reverse the image created by Proxmire's award by highlighting examples of seemingly obscure studies that have led to major breakthroughs and resulted in significant societal impact.[2] [3] The award has bipartisan support in Congress and is sponsored by a number of notable organizations and legislators.

Awardees


Founding organizations

Some of the founding organizations for this award are the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the Association of American Universities (AAU), the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (A۰P۰L۰U), the Breakthrough Institute, the Progressive Policy Institute (PPI), and The Science Coalition (TSC) [3]

References

  1. ^ "History — The Golden Goose Award".
  2. ^ "Golden Goose Award History".
  3. ^ a b "First Golden Goose Awards Given for Seemingly Odd—but High-Impact—Research". American Association for the Advancement of Science. September 14, 2012. Archived from the original on May 9, 2013. Retrieved 2012-09-07.
  4. ^ "2017: The Sea Soy Solution — The Golden Goose Award". The Golden Goose Award.
  5. ^ "2017: The Silence of the Frogs — The Golden Goose Award". The Golden Goose Award.
  6. ^ "2017: Fuzzy Logic, Clear Impact — The Golden Goose Award". The Golden Goose Award.
  7. ^ "2018: The Goose Gland: Discoveries in Immunology — The Golden Goose Award". The Golden Goose Award.
  8. ^ "2018: Chickens, Cells and Cytokines — The Golden Goose Award". The Golden Goose Award.
  9. ^ "2018: Implicit Bias, Explicit Science — The Golden Goose Award". The Golden Goose Award.
  10. ^ "2019: The Blood of the Horseshoe Crab — The Golden Goose Award". The Golden Goose Award.
  11. ^ "2019: Advancing Autoimmunity — The Golden Goose Award". The Golden Goose Award.
  12. ^ "2019: The Frog Skin that Saved 50 Million Lives — The Golden Goose Award". The Golden Goose Award.
  13. ^ Swenson, Haylie. "2020: A Llama Named Winter — The Golden Goose Award". The Golden Goose Award. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  14. ^ Asbury, Meredith. "2020: The Human Immunome: Small Moves Become a Movement — The Golden Goose Award". The Golden Goose Award. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  15. ^ Heath, Erin. "2020: A Spike in Momentum — The Golden Goose Award". The Golden Goose Award. Retrieved 22 March 2023.

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