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Hi All,
Here are a couple of interesting articles. The one from Nature is freely accessible, and it sets the stage for the Science article which reflects the Obama's administrations budget request.
http://www.nature.com/news/2011/111018/full/478299a.html
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/335/6070/783.summary
The Nature article has some pretty nice graphs.
The one area of science spending that was not spared the axe was informal science education funding. You can listen to the podcast of Jeffery Mervis' interview for free, or figure out how to get a free copy, since it requires a subscription, or stick with this section:
NSF: Research and education programs would rise by slightly more than 5% at the same time funding for major new facilities would remain flat. Director Subra Suresh says his priority was “core research programs,” all of which receive small boosts. A signature program begun this year to support risky multidisciplinary research would jump from $20 million to $63 million in 2013, and NSF is teaming up with the Department of Education on a joint $60 million effort to improve math education from elementary school through college.
At the same time, Suresh has proposed trimming $67 million from a dozen or so programs that “have served their purpose.” He also wants to reduce spending on informal science education and shrink a longrunning graduate training program aimed at fostering interdisciplinary research and education. And the lack of new starts in the agency's major research facilities program reflects Suresh's preference for finishing one project before launching a new one.
Both are pretty interesting articles, and reflect a new era of funding constraints.
C
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