01 April 2005

Cuts in federal money towards basic research

The New York Times reports that DARPA is scaling back funding of basic computer science research.

Physicists have been complaining for the last few years as the NSF budget for basic physical science research keeps dropping. Now the computer scientists are in trouble, too.

This trend is disturbing, particularly for young scientists. How can we convince Congress to fund basic research?

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