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Observations on the President's fiscal year 1999 federal science and technology budget / Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Compass series (Washington, D.C.)
- The compass series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Federal aid to research--United States.
- Federal aid to research.
- Endowment of research--United States.
- Endowment of research.
- Science and state--United States.
- Science and state.
- Technology and state--United States.
- Technology and state.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (32 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : National Academy Press, c1998.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this report, the Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (COSEPUP) provides its observations on the federal science and technology (FS&T) portion of the president's fiscal year (FY) 1999 submission. The FS&T budget (see box) reflects the federal investment in the creation of new knowledge and technologies and excludes such activities as the testing and evaluating of new weapons systems.
- Contents:
- Front Matter; Preface; Contents; Figures, Tables, and Boxes; HIGHLIGHTS; THE PRESIDENT PROPOSES AN INCREASE IN THE FS&T BUDGET FOR FY 1999; FUTURE PROJECTIONS OF THE FS&T BUDGET SHOW FUNDING FOR NIH AND NSF INCREASING DRAMATICALLY ABOVE FY 1994 LEVELS, WITH THE BUDGET FOR THE OTHER MAJOR RESEARCH AGENCIES REDUCED; IT IS IMPORTANT TO ANALYZE THE EFFECTS OF PAST AND EXPECTED FUNDING SHIFTS ON SPECIFIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FIELDS; SUCCESSFUL RESULTS FROM THE INCREASED FUNDING FOR NIH ALSO DEPEND ON THE HEALTH OF THE PHYSICAL AND MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES; CONCLUSION; ADDENDUM
- APPENDIX A Data TablesAPPENDIX B Figures and Tables from AAAS Report XXIII: Research and Development FY 1999
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 9780309174008
- 0309174007
- 9780309522243
- 0309522242
- 9780585155531
- 0585155534
- OCLC:
- 940510121
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