November 2, 2001
Science Board Seeks Panel to Set Priorities
President Bush and Congress need an advisory panel to help set priorities in financing scientific research, the National Science Board concluded in a report released in October. Science-policy experts said the report offers sound advice, but questioned whether it would be heeded.
The board, which advises the National Science Foundation, said in the report that the administration needs a formal process to evaluate competing research priorities. No such mechanism currently exists, said
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