According to Paul Basken’s article in the February 13th, 2012 edition of The Chronicle of Higher Education online, President Obama‘s new annual budget proposes a 1.5-% increase in federal spending on basic scientific research for the coming fiscal year. The recommendation to Congress outlined a spending plan totaling $3.8-trillion, just 0.2 percent above current-year spending.
Mr. Basken wrote, “The administration proposed that the National Institutes of Health, the provider of basic research money to universities, get $30.7-billion in 2013, the same as its current-year budget.” Additionally Basken reports that President Obama is seeking $7.37-billion, a 4.8 percent increase over the current-year amount for the National Science Foundation. Furthermore, The President proposed $5 billion for the Department of Energy’s Office of Science up 2.4 percent over last year. Lastly the budget has $17.7-billion for NASA. This is down 0.5 percent from the previous year’s budget.
See the Chronicle of Higher Education Feb.13, 2012 for Paul Basken’s article.
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