Federal Funds for Science
DOI: 10.1063/1.3061902
GOVERNMENT agencies have allocated about ten percent less for scientific research and development during the present fiscal year than in 1954, but a breakdown of the figures for 1955 indicates that basic research obligations have at the same time been increased almost ten percent over last year. The major decreases, according to estimates contained in the National Science Foundation’s third report on federal funds for science, have occurred in obligations for research and development plant and facilities ($158 million in 1955 as compared with $227 million in 1954) and applied research and development ($1669 million in 1955 as compared with $1703 million in 1954).
