Bush Budget Generous to Physical Sciences but Gives Biomedical Research a Flat Line

In a tight spending plan, a major NIH study of children's health is canceled

President Bush's budget for academic science in 2007 may inspire researchers in the physical sciences to pop Champagne corks, but many biomedical researchers will be looking for their aspirin bottles.

The budget, announced last week, follows through on Mr. Bush's proposal in his State of the Union address to double federal spending on research in the physical sciences, mathematics, and engineering over

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