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If federal funding for science is cut, we won’t just be losing the research

A young girl wearing safety glasses stands at a row of controllers, wires and tech. Two other young people are behind her, and they appear to be in front of an audience.
Jessica B. Hamrick joined Charlottesville's FIRST Robotics team (sponsored by University of Virginia) as a 15-year-old in 2005. Now that she has a career in technology, she understands how investment in science gave her the opportunity to help make advances in society. Courtesy of Virginia Hamrick

Jessica B. Hamrick is a Virginia success story for her career in science. That career, she writes, wouldn’t have been possible without federal funding for science.

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