Senate Boosts NSF Funding by 8%

The Senate proposes increasing funding to the National Science Foundation by $542 million for 2014, while questioning initiatives launched by the agency’s former director.

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A bipartisan vote by the Senate Appropriations Committee Thursday (July 18) has pegged the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a 7.9 percent budget increase for fiscal year 2014, which begins October 1, reported ScienceInsider. Should the Senate spending bill be adopted, the basic science research agency will see its budget go from $6.884 billion to $7.426 billion, an increase of $542 million, but still less than the $7.626 billion that the agency requested.

The Senate’s proposed allocation for the NSF is $430 higher than the amount approved Wednesday (July 17) by the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies appropriations subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives. The difference between the House and Senate appropriations was expected given that the Senate had about $5 billion more ...

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