Endless Frontier

The Endless Frontier tracks three scientists as their work moves between labs and field sites, from neurorobotics in Utah to immunology in New Jersey to ocean science in the South Pacific. Their research underpins the medicines, technologies, and environmental knowledge that shape our everyday lives. At this moment when the world needs scientific innovation more than ever, America's research enterprise is under growing pressure.

Funding uncertainty, institutional constraints, and political instability are reshaping the lives of the very people charged with imagining a better future. The Endless Frontier shows how the American research system is fueled by brilliance and persistence but strained by sacrifice and burnout. The documentary sounds an important alarm, making clear what we all could lose if the system fails.

Hosted by the Institute for Science & Policy at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, in partnership with the Aspen Institute's Science & Society Program, there will be a panel discussion with one of the film's executive producers, along with local researchers.