June 9, 2000

NSF Officials Worry as Number of New Grant Applicants Falls

By RON SOUTHWICK

Despite its goal of fostering new technology and ideas through its grant-making, the National Science Foundation has seen the number of new researchers seeking federal funds fall steadily in recent years.

The N.S.F., the government's second-largest supplier of money for university-based research,

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