October 1, 2004

NSF, NASA Budgets Clear Senate Panel

By KELLY FIELD

The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee last week approved legislation that would increase spending at the National Science Foundation by 3 percent and provide $300-million for a mission to keep the Hubble Space Telescope working.

The science foundation's $5.75-billion allocation includes $95-million for plant-genome research in the 2005 fiscal year, an increase of $5-million over the current year, and $27-million for historically black colleges and universities, a $7-million

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