Science policy

Science policy is an area of public policy concerned with the policies that affect the conduct of the scientific enterprise, including research funding often in pursuance of other national policy goals such as technological innovation to promote commercial product development, weapons development, health care and environmental monitoring. Science policy also refers to the act of applying scientific knowledge and consensus to the development of public policies. Science policy thus deals with the entire domain of issues that involve the natural sciences. In accordance with public policy  being concerned about the well-being of its citizens, science policy's goal is to consider how science and technology can best serve the public.

state policy has influenced the funding of public works and science for thousands of years, dating at least from the time of the Mohists who inspired the study of logic during the period of the Hundred schools of thought and the study of defensive fortifications during the warning states period in china.