February 29, 2008

Report Says NSF Should Require Cost Sharing

By JEFFREY BRAINARD

The National Science Foundation should resume requiring universities to ante up their own cash, including donations they secure from industry, as a condition for receiving certain kinds of industry-oriented research centers, the National Science Board recommends in a new report.

The recommendation is part of a continuing review this year by the science board, which sets policy for the foundation, about this financial practice, known as cost sharing. In 2004 the foundation ended a

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