You pointed out that the amount of federal research funding for energy hasn't changed much since the oil crisis of the 1970s. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
What followed were not cuts in federal research funding, but sustained increases. (newscientist.com)
Some of these include higher and more predictable federal research funding, shorter graduate and postdoc training periods, greater use of staff scientists, and better career training for students and postdocs. (sciencemag.org)