“The United States may now risk falling behind in scientific discoveries as other countries increase their science funding. We need to get serious about science. In fact, maybe it’s time for researchers to fight back, to return a comeback for every punch line.”
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2023 Golden Goose Awardees
AAAS Fellows, Members and Awardees Receive 2023 Nobel Prizes and MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’ - AAAS
Longtime poultry geneticist Paul Siegel receives national lifetime research award - Virginia Tech
UCSC’s David Deamer and Mark Akeson honored for invention of nanopore sequencing - UCSC
Longtime Poultry Geneticist Paul Siegel Receives National Lifetime Research Award – SFN Today
Dr. Mary-Dell Chilton, Syngenta, Receives Golden Goose Award - AgWired
Golden Goose Award Announces 2023 Awardees for Discoveries in DNA Sequencing Technique – Seed Today
Honouring early nanopore pioneers and reflecting on our US heritage - LinkedIn
2022 Golden Goose Awardees
Invention to Impact: The story of LASIK eye surgery - National Science Foundation (NSF)
Scientific Videos: Golden Goose Award - Shift Happens
Grabbing the Golden Goose - UCI News
Happy Accidents In Science That Created The Products We Use Every Day - Radio Health Journal
2022 Golden Goose Award honors serendipitous science - Science
Science meets serendipity: The Golden Goose Awards 2022 - abc27 News
U-M discovery leading to LASIK is a Golden Goose - University of Michigan Engineering Research News
Cone snail venom wins Golden Goose Award - University of Utah
Science or Fiction (Episode #897) - The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe
The Rule-Breaking Paper Microscope that Costs $1.75 to Make - CNN
Laser-Accident-Turned-Surgery-Breakthrough Wins Golden Goose - APS Physics
Developers of Bladeless LASIK Earn AAAS Golden Goose Award - University of Rochester
Golden Goose Award - University of Utah, School of Biological Sciences
Leading Research Universities Report - AAU
2021 Golden Goose Awardees
Golden Goose Awards COVID Innovations - POLITICO Pulse
First in MT - POLITICO Morning Tech
Computer Science Professor Stephen Checkoway Receives Golden Goose Award - Oberlin College
2020 Golden Goose Awardees
How UT Research Led to the Development of the COVID-19 Vaccine in Record-Breaking Time - Alcalde
2 UT-Austin Scientists Lauded For Coronavirus Research - Austin Patch
Golden Goose Winners Deliver Head Start in Fight Against COVID-19 - AAAS
Texas Coronavirus Scientists Win Award for Research with ‘Great Societal Benefit’ - UT News
UT Coronavirus Researchers Receive Two Golden Goose Awards - Texas Global
2019 Golden Goose Awardees
Golden Goose Awards Honor Scientific Ingenuity and Talent – Science
A silly-sounding prize for some serious science – The Harvard Gazette
ICDDR,B scientist wins Golden Goose Award – United News of Bangladesh
2019’s Golden Goose Awards Celebrate the Silliest-Sounding Science to Benefit Society – IFL Science
2018 Golden Goose Awardees
Advice to young scientists from the winners of the Golden Goose Award – Elsevier Connect
Golden Goose prize recognizes serendipitous discoveries – Science
Of Geese and Glick – Mary Sue’s Desk, from the Association of American Universities
How studying chicken butts cracked the inner workings of our immune system – Popular Science
Nosek and ‘Implicit Bias’ Team Bestowed Golden Goose Award – UVA
Golden Goose Award Recipients Prove the Value of Basic Science – AAAS
How the ‘Golden Goose’ was Hatched – AAAS
Funding Basic Research Plays the Long Game for Future Payoffs — The Conversation
2017 Golden Goose Awardees
A microscopic eye on the enemy of amphibians – Elsevier Connect
The Extinct Frogs and the Golden Goose – The Revelator
Reminder: super random research can produce some amazing science – Popular Science
How these 3 experiments went from goose egg to science gold – PBS NewsHour
Previous Golden Goose Awardees
How obscure science led to spectrum auctions that connected the world – The Hill
My Voice: The Sex Life of the Screwworm Fly – Argus Leader
How Honeybees Helped the Internet – Pacific Standard Magazine
Ga. Tech Honey Bee Algorithm Wins Golden Goose Award – WABE Atlanta's NPR Station
How honeybee research improved your internet experience – Washington Post Grade Point
Why science shouldn’t be a political punchline – The Hill
Kingsport native John Vande Vate honored for his research work – Kingsport Times News
These Scientific Studies Were Deemed Silly or Obscure, But Led to Major Breakthroughs – upvoted
How The Screwworm's Sex Life Saved Your Steaks – NPR
Scientists finally recognized for eradicating the sexy screwworm – Popular Science
Screwworm Sex Wins 'Golden Goose' Award for Unusual Research – Live Science
Sex, maggots, castration and politicians lead to this year's Golden Goose Award – gizmag
'Sex life of the screwworm' researchers to receive Golden Goose Award – Independent
How the sex life of screwworm flies saved billions – c|net
It's About Time We Honor the Scientists Who Studied the Screwworm’s Sex Life – Motherboard
Screwworm sex earns departed US duo a 'Golden Goose' – Phys.org
Edward Knipling and Raymond Bushland Win Award for the Sterile Insect Technique – Entomology Today
Fly sex and a golden goose – Drovers
Golden Eggs – The Loh Down on Science, KPCC
A Golden Goose, Cats Chasing Lasers, and Massachusetts – Huffington Post Op-Ed by Senator Ed Markey
The Scientist Who Taught Cookie Monster Self Control Has A Warning For Congress – Huffington Post
Golden Goose Awards for Unusual Research – The Scientist
Social science caricature sets back human progress – LA Times
UM Researcher Pioneered Massaging Premature Infants to Stimulate Growth – Miami Herald
How Black Holes Led to the Creation of Web Browsers – Scientific American
Golden Goose Awards: Honk If You Support Basic Research – Social Science Space
Awards Honor Serendipity and Humor in Science – NPR
“Wasteful” science that wasn’t: New prize honors US-funded basic research – Ars Technica
How a fluorescent jellyfish - and federal dollars - helped fight AIDS – The Washington Post
““Scientific know-how, the engine of American prosperity, is especially critical amid intense budgetary pressures. Federal investments in R&D have fueled half of the nation’s economic growth since World War II. This is why a bipartisan team of U.S. lawmakers joined a coalition of science, business and education leaders to launch the Golden Goose Awards.””
Golden Goose Awards: Your tax dollars at work for science research – LA Times
Science Oddities Win Golden Goose – NBC News
Golden Goose Awards Honor “Silly” Science – CBS News and Fox News
It’s Time to Get Serious About Scientific Discovery – The Washington Post
Of Geese and Fleece – The New York Times
Bipartisan Launch of Golden Goose Award Celebrates the Contributions of Basic Science – AAAS News
Why the sex life of the screwworm deserves taxpayer dollars – The Washington Post
Who Will Win the First Golden Goose Award? – Science Magazine
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White House and Congressional Releases:
What Basic Research Means to You – White House Office Of Science and Technology Policy Blog
Basic Research, Game Changing Benefits – White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Senator Coons – Dear Colleague letter to Members of Congress
Representatives Cooper, Holt, Dent and Hultgren – Dear Colleague letter to Members of Congress
Golden Goose Award: Scientific Research Investments Pay Off – White House OSTP
Higher Education Publications:
Maria Zuber: Golden Goose Awards illustrate virtues of basic research – MIT News
Honeybee Algorithm receives Golden Goose Award – research news@Vanderbilt
Golden Goose Award honors bee expert's impact on computing – Cornell Chronicle
Alumnus posthumously honored for research – South Dakota State News
Grabbing the Golden Goose – UNC Research News
Golden Goose award presented to Duke researchers for rat study – Duke Chronicle
Feathering the Golden Fleece – Inside Higher Ed
Golden Goose Award Goes to MED Professor Emeritus
Commendations in the congressional record
