'Tough Love' Budget for Science
February 15, 2011
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2011/02/15/obama_s_budget_spares_science_research_from_the_axe
WASHINGTON -- Federal money for science research would continue flowing next year under President Obama's spending plan for 2012, which was released Monday.
The priorities outlined in Obama's budget affirmed the protected status for science and research amid calls to cut back on spending and reduce deficits. They also echoed one of the most cited rhetorical phrases ("win the future") from last month's State of the Union speech. Obama's $3.7 trillion total budget calls for dedicating billions of additional dollars to energy research, information technology, and science, technology, engineering and mathematics education.
In all, the president's budget includes $66.8 billion in non-defense research and development, which represents an increase of $4.1 billion, or 6.5 percent, over actual appropriations in 2010. The levels for the current year are still undetermined -- and, in fact, face an uncertain future following a House resolution introduced Friday that would cut $100 billion from Obama's 2011 budget. Obama's budget increases for 2011 and 2012 outstrip the 2.7 percent rate of inflation over the past two years.
"All of these investments are being made in the context of a tough love budget," said John P. Holdren, assistant to the president for science
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