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In the past when ISE faced cuts there were members of congress who were
quite willing to push for restoration of these cuts because they beieved in
our missions. Are there still a cadre of members of congress who are
willing and able to go to bat for science centers and ISE? I guess this is
a question for ASTC's Government realtions group.
Martin
On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 9:50 AM, Robert Russell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> NSF's overall budget is increasing by by $350 million over last year to
> the current request of $7.373 billion. I don't have a total grasp of what
> NSF is doing in education, but there has been a clear shift in Informal
> Science Education funding away from projects to a more research-focused
> approach that seeks to research effectives strategies for STEM education.
> Additionally, NSF is initiating some new partnerships and programs that
> require new funding. For example, NSF plans to allocate $49 million to
> bring engaging science content, knowledge and applications to more learners
> via the new Expeditions in Education activity.
>
>
> I am going to try to find out more regarding what's behind NSF's overall
> STEM education strategy and how ISE fits into that.
>
>
> To repeat the info in my earlier note: ISE is being cut about 22%, from
> $61 million to $48 million, and renamed to Advancing Informal STEM
> Learning. From the NSF budget document: AISL (formerly ISE) (-$13.58
> million to a total of $47.82 million) will support fewer awards, focusing
> on the research and model-building contributions of the program to better
> understand effective means and innovative models for engaging todays young
> people and adults in science outside of school settings.
>
>
> Bob Russell
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> From: Paul Orselli <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Tue, Feb 14, 2012 9:22 pm
> Subject: Re: FY 2013 NSF request for Informal Science Education Down by 22%
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> Bob,
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> Would you say this is a gradual trend to squeeze "informal" projects out of
> NSF's portfolio, or are all NSF divisions facing similar cutbacks in the FY
> 2013 budget?
>
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> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 9:03 PM, Robert Russell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> >
> > Did anyone see the FY 2013 budget? ISE is being cut about 22%, from $61
> > million to $48 million, and renamed to Advancing Informal STEM Learning.
> > Yikes!
> >
> > From the NSF budget document: AISL (formerly ISE) (-$13.58 million to a
> > total of $47.82 million) will support fewer awards, focusing on the
> > research and model-building contributions of the program to better
> > understand effective means and innovative models for engaging todays
> young
> > people and adults in science outside of school settings.
> >
> >
> > Bob Russell
> >
> >
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