June 11, 2004
College Officials Brace for Federal Spending Cuts in Fiscal 2006
President Bush has directed his administration to begin developing a budget for the 2006 fiscal year that would cut federal spending on scientific research, student aid, and other programs below levels that he has proposed for 2005.
The National Institutes of Health could see its appropriation fall by 2 percent in 2006, to about $28-billion. The National Science Foundation's budget would also fall by 2 percent, to $5.6-billion. The two federal agencies together provide the largest
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