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Bob, is the total NSF budget being reduced? or the total EHR budget? or is this just re-prioritizing away from informal into other education and research areas?
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On Feb 14, 2012, at 10:34 PM, Charlie Carlson wrote:
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> To amplify Paul's remarks and Bob's alert, a general retrenchment of Federal spending and priorities is happening (has been happening). I think the pressure is across the Federal budget. This is likely to continue into the foreseeable future. 2020 maybe a turning point, but I make no extraordinary claims of prescience. It will likely take more than 5 years to get our economic house re-ordered.
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> On Feb 14, 2012, at 6:12 PM, Paul Orselli <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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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 25%, from $61
>>> million to $48 million, and renamed to Advancing Informal STEM Learning.
>>> Yikes!
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>>> 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 today’s young
>>> people and adults in science outside of school settings.”
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