Editing National Science Foundation (section)

====Pre–World War II====
Although the federal government had established nearly 40 scientific organizations between 1910 and 1940, the US relied upon a primarily [[laissez-faire]] approach to scientific research and development. Academic research in science and engineering occasionally received federal funding. Within University laboratories, almost all support came from private contributions and charitable foundations. In industrial laboratories, the concentration of workers and funding (some through military and government programs as a result of [[Franklin D. Roosevelt|Roosevelt]]'s [[New Deal]]) would eventually raise concern during the wartime period. In particular, concerns were raised that industry laboratories were largely allowed full patent rights of technologies developed with federal funds. These concerns, in part, led to efforts like Senator [[Harley M. Kilgore]]'s "Science Mobilization Act".<ref name="j2">{{cite journal|last=Kevles|first=Daniel|year=1977|title=The National Science Foundation and the Debate over Postwar Research Policy, 1942–1945|journal=Isis|volume=68|issue=241|pages=4–26|doi=10.1086/351711|pmid=320157|s2cid=32956693}}</ref>