February 11, 2005

NASA Revokes $4.8-Million in Research Grants, Then Restores Them

By JEFFREY BRAINARD

It was all a mistake.

That's what the National Aeronautics and Space Administration told scientists last month days after informing them that it was rescinding a total of $4.8-million in grants for 55 research projects that the agency had previously pledged to finance.

NASA informed scientists late last year that their projects, which had been peer reviewed, would be financed. Then, in January, the agency said it was diverting the money to other needs, prompting a torrent of

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