US NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION SET FOR A FUNDING BOOM

The administration of PresidentJoe Biden, the US Senate and the US House of Representatives have each put forward a slightly different vision for expanding the NSF, although each of their proposals agrees that the agency should invest in emerging technologies and assist in their commercialization. A...

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Published inNature (London) Vol. 593; no. 7857; pp. 19 - 20
Main Author Remmel, Ariana
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Nature Publishing Group 06.05.2021
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Appropriations
Artificial intelligence
Budgets
Commercialization
Funding
Government agencies
Initiatives
Laboratories
Legislators
New technology
Quantum computing
R&D
Research & development
STEM education
Vaccines
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Summary:The administration of PresidentJoe Biden, the US Senate and the US House of Representatives have each put forward a slightly different vision for expanding the NSF, although each of their proposals agrees that the agency should invest in emerging technologies and assist in their commercialization. A boost for basic science "The National Science Foundation budget should have been substantially increased long before now," says Colwell. Since its launch in 1950, the agency has seen its budget steadily plod towards its current level of $8.5 billion. [...]members of the House proposed the National Science Foundation for the Future Act, which would increase the budget to $18.3 billion by 2026, and create a much smaller technology initiative called the Directorate for Science and Engineering Solutions. At the Senate appropriations hearing, senator Joe Manchin pointed out that the US Department of Energy (DoE) already supports work at national laboratories involving technologies, such as quantum computing and artificial intelligence, that are highlighted in the Endless Frontier Act.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/d41586-021-01076-x