NSF Director Requests Big Increase for Research Into Biocomplexity

By JEFFREY BRAINARD

Funds would encourage scientists to study how humans damage the earth

When the National Science Foundation presented its wish list this month for next year's federal budget, the agency highlighted proposed new research on super-fast computers, software -- and biocomplexity.

Biocomplexity? It's not a widely used term in academic literature, but the N.S.F.'s director, Rita R. Colwell, seized on the word

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