NSES Content Standard F  Science in Personal and Social Perspectives: Science and technology in local, national, and global challenges  Grades 9-12, page 199  Progress in science and technology can be affected by social issues and challenges. Funding priorities for specific health problems serve as examples of ways that social issues influence science and technology.

 
Benchmark 1C The Nature of Science: The Scientific Enterprise
Grades 9-12, page 19
Progress in science and invention depends heavily on what else is happening in society, and history often depends on scientific and technological developments.

Benchmark 1C The Nature of Science: The Scientific Enterprise
Grades 9-12, page 20
Funding influences the direction of science by virtue of the decisions that are made on which research to support. Research funding comes from various federal government agencies, industry, and private foundations.

Benchmark 3C The Nature of Technology: Issues in Technology
Grades 9-12, page 57
Social and economic forces strongly influence which technologies will be developed and used. Which will prevail is affected by many factors, such as personal values, consumer acceptance, patent laws, the availability of risk capital, the federal budget, local and national regulations, media attention, economic competition, and tax incentives.