Not exact matches
The
science budget will be
frozen, rather than suffer big cuts, because of its importance to the economy.
Soon after its election in 2010, the governing coalition
froze the
science budget and slashed capital spending on research infrastructure.
The
freezing of the
Science Budget will mean that it escapes bigger cuts than other areas of public spending.
Over the past several rather tense weeks, the federal government
froze all
science grants while seeking to balance the nation's
budget.
But with the
budget boosts for federal
science agencies provided by 2009's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act drying up in 2011,
science advocates are concerned that Obama's funding
freeze may spell the steep budgetary drop - off in the next fiscal year that many dread.Image: US Senate»