A $1 billion 'tax' on R&D funds

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SBIR, which is funded by a tax on federal research agencies' budgets, is gaining notice and criticism as its budget grows to $1.1 billion. Academic scientists claim it steals funds from more worthwhile research. Data on the politically popular program's effectiveness is scanty at best.

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Earmark for new ship puts academics over pork barrel

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A defense spending bill proposes giving $45 million in funding to the Navy to build a research ship for the University of Hawaii. Members of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System fear that the new ship will keep them from receiving more funding for a deep-sea fleet.

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Report strips R&D down to the basics

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A National Academy of Sciences report maintains that the federal R&D budget should be narrowed to include only research producing new knowledge and technologies. This science and technology budget would be only half the currently defined R&D budget.

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