Yu Xie was awarded the [Henry and Bryna David Endowment](http://sites.nationalacademies.org/DBASSE/Henry_and_Bryna_David_Lecture/#.UXZqP7WG18E) in 2013 from the Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education of the National Research Council. The award is for innovative research in the behavioral and social sciences. The winner delivers a lecture at NAS and has an article published in *Issues in Science and Technology.* Yu Xie’s lecture and article focus on the question: Is American Science in Decline? The lecture is April 30, 2013 at the National Academies’ Keck Center in Washington DC.