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AAAS Releases Detailed FY04 Budget Analysis
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has posted an online version of its 304-page analysis of the research and development portion of the President's FY04 budget request. After a five-chapter overview, which includes a brief look at declining industrial R&D expenditures, the report breaks down the $122.5 billion request for R&D for seven federal agencies.
The report also provides cross-agency looks for numerous disciplines: physics; astronomy; atmospheric sciences and climate change; ocean sciences; earth sciences; biological and ecological sciences; chemical sciences; behavioral and social sciences; federal statistics; mathematical sciences; computing research; nanotechnology; electrotechnology related; and mechanical engineering.
Each of the book's 27 chapters, as well as the appendices and tables, is separately downloadable.
Prepared by an Intersociety Working Group of 23 scientific and academic-related organizations, the report will be available in print at the AAAS Colloquium on Science and Technology Policy in Washington, D.C., April 10-11. The online version is available at: http://www.aaas.org/spp/rd/rd04main.htm