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... THE PANEL AND ITS CHARGE At the request of the Department of Energy Basic Energy Sciences Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division, and the National Science Foundation Chemistry Division, the National Academies' Board on 
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... research enterprise in the field of chemistry relative to its international peers. The field of chemistry was benchmarked by an ad hoc panel of 13 members, 12 from the United States and one from Switzerland, with expertise across the 11 selected areas covered in the report, which are analytical, atmospheric, biological, chemical education, inorganic, macromolecules, materials and nanoscience, nuclear/radiochemistry, organic, physical, and theory/computation.
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... HOW IMPORTANT IS IT FOR THE UNITED STATES TO LEAD IN CHEMISTRY RESEARCH? Chemistry is both a central science and an enabling science.
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... Fifty percent of the world's most frequently cited chemists are from the United States. In a further effort to characterize the leading chemists in the world, the panel asked experts from the United States and abroad to identify the "best of the best" whom they would invite to an international conference in their subfield.
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... chemistry research is coming from a single source, the National Institutes of Health. Chemistry Research in the United States Is Projected to Remain Stronger in the Next Decade than in Any Other Single Country, but Competition Is Increasing In the near future, U.S.
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... chemistry may find it increasingly difficult to attract and retain outstanding international graduate students and postdoctoral research associates as chemistry and opportunities in other nations improve.
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