Sentences with phrase «federal research spending»

Overall, two - thirds of next year's proposed $ 6 billion increase in overall federal research spending — a 4 % boost to $ 152 billion — would come from mandatory sources.

Concerned that extension of a stopgap funding bill now in effect could mean the first year - to - year decline in federal research spending in at least three decades, AAAS is urging the incoming 110th Congress to complete action on fiscal year 2007 spending bills.

► On Thursday, new chairs for two House of Representatives spending panels that «hold sway over large chunks of federal research spending» were announced.

It's been clear to me for many years that the proportion of total federal research spending devoted to energy, which has been a dribble for decades under both political parties, is too low.

Under President Donald Trump's 2018 budget proposal, federal research spending into all three areas — and many others — would decline abruptly.

After mentioning the funding he's received from the National Institutes of Health, he cited data to rebut Trump's proposals to cut federal research spending.

With the rate of growth in federal research spending essentially stagnant, universities hoping to profit from some of the bright ideas of their faculty must pay more attention than ever to developing partnerships with industry, a top University of Virginia official said recently at AAAS.

The American Association for the Advancement of Science also tracks federal research spending.

Total federal research spending would be slashed by about 17 percent, Rush Holt, CEO of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, said in a conference call with reporters.

Meanwhile, virtually all growth in federal research spending has been consigned to bioterrorism, homeland security, and defense, leaving civilian research at a standstill.

Two spending panels in the U.S. House of Representatives that hold sway over large chunks of federal research spending will have new chairs when the 114th Congress convenes in January.

When it comes to federal research spending, there are «some silly good numbers in here,» tweeted Matt Hourihan, who analyzes U.S. science spending patterns for AAAS (publisher of ScienceInsider) in Washington, D.C., when the deal was released this past Wednesday.

But even if the Senate, as expected, approves the agreement next week, the scientific community will still be a long way from achieving its long - term goal of sustained growth in federal research spending.