The Middle Ground Journal

By Bethany Holley-Griffith, Graduate Student, University of Central Oklahoma

Abstract: Federal funding increased to university research sectors at the close of WWII to fulfill two missions: project American democratic values onto other nations and promote the power of the US military through scientific research. This research seeks to examine those ambitions and see how they influence modern research funding decisions.

Keywords: Cold War, research universities, university funding, soft power, US policy, military contracts, Sputnik, STEM, foreign exchange programs, Confucius Institutes

Edited by Justin Quinn Olmstead

Special thanks to the anonymous peer reviewers.

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Special Issue Article on “Crisis and Recovery,” the theme for the Midwest World History Association’s 2021 conference.