Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Underreported Story...
President Obama's speech at the National Academy of Sciences got lots of press for a teleprompter but his comments about investment in science was missed completely.
I believe it is not in our character, the American character, to follow. It's our character to lead. And it is time for us to lead once again. So I'm here today to set this goal: We will devote more than 3 percent of our GDP to research and development. We will not just meet, but we will exceed the level achieved at the height of the space race, through policies that invest in basic and applied research, create new incentives for private innovation, promote breakthroughs in energy and medicine, and improve education in math and science.
This represents the largest commitment to scientific research and innovation in American history.
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That's a lot of zeroes! Good news for NSF and NIH, I'm sure.
I'm pleased to note that in my NPR-and-internet-only diet(including conservative blogs!), I did not hear about this distraction.
Hey, Rich:
What's the general effect of stimulus and budget on NIH handing out money? Have you heard anything yet?
Absolutely Jim. First NIH and NSF have started funding proposals that were previous close but still declined over the past year. Their funding rates have increased and there is an enormous number of new RFPs particularly for instrumentation and two year supplements.
One amazing fact is that some of these opportunities have backlogged the CSR (Center for Scientific Review) with more applications than they can handle.
I have three pending grants right now and fingers crossed.
So the "close, but no cigar" range -- what were they scored before and where was the funding line previously?
This is obviously great news for scientists.
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