May 11, 2007
NSF Reports Rise in Research Spending
University scientists have been telling anyone who would listen that federal financing of their work is under severe pressure, threatening the progress of research that could advance health care and economic competitiveness. New projections from the National Science Foundation, however, suggest that the sky is hardly falling.
The agency estimated in a report released last month that federal funds for all academic research and development had increased by nearly 8 percent in 2006, to
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