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Обычно я НЕ пишу в эту ветку (не обладаю дост. знаниями темы). Разместить этот пост меня побудило письмо, только что полученное по "внутренней" сети. В нем говорится о давно прогнозируемых вещах, которые, похоже, стали реальностью. Речь идет о фундаментальном уменьшении финансирования, так сказать, столпов науки (NIH и NSF) в США на 2011 финасовый год. Это означает, что к науке в США приходит то, что пришло к науке в СССР в начале 90-х. Прошу отнестись к этому документу как к факту и только. Письмо на английском, прошу меня извинить, переводить не буду из-за недостатка времени.
"BPS ACTION ALERT: Urge House Members to Oppose Cuts to Research Contained in H.R. 1
The FY 2011 funding package, H.R. 1, unveiled by House Republicans last Friday and expected to be considered by the full House later this week, proposes deeps cuts in the budgets of the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Energy's Office of Science, the National Science Foundation (NSF). If these cuts are enacted, they will have a major negative impact not only on these specific agencies but upon the entire U.S. scientific enterprise. BPS members are urged to immediately reach out to House Members to urge them to oppose the proposed cuts.
To find your Congressman's contact information, go to http://www.house.gov/and enter your zip code in the box in the upper right hand corner. This will take you to your Congressman's website where you can find the phone number and an email form. Tell them why biomedical and scientific research is important to you, how you rely on federal funding, and how many people work in your lab.
Magnitude of the proposed cuts: Under the proposal, the National Institutes of Health would have its budget reduced to approximately $29.4 billion, a $1.6 billion decrease from the FY 2010 level. NSF would be cut by $359.5 million, or five percent, from the FY 2010 level of $6.87 billion. The Department of Energy Office of Science would be funded at $4.017 billion, which represents a cut of $886 million, or 18 percent, from the FY 2010 funding level of $4.903 billion. Because these research agencies have been operating at FY 2010 levels for five months, and the proposed cuts would be crowded into the seven months remaining in FY 2011, their impact would be considerably more severe.
Impact of the Proposed Cuts:
· Layoffs of thousands of highly skilled scientists, engineers, technologists, and support personnel and contractors at both national laboratories and universities.
· A sharp reduction in the operation and in some instances the complete shutdown of major DOE research facilities in which the U.S. government has already invested substantial resources. These facilities are home to unique, complex, and expensive scientific tools and instruments found few places in the world. These facilities enable U.S. scientists and engineers from both industry and universities to perform cutting-edge research in areas such as high energy and nuclear physics, magnetic fusion, heavy-element chemistry, nanotechnology, high-performance computing, advanced materials, and structural biology.
· Elimination of current government support for hundreds of PhD researchers and graduate students in university research programs all across the country, which could purge a whole generation of scientists and engineers, and would send a very negative signal to industry, the science and technology community, and young American students contemplating careers in science and engineering calling into question Congress commitment to U.S. scientific research essential for our continued global competitiveness and long-term energy security.
· Further declines in the already-low grant success rates at NSF and NIH. Even at current funding levels grant success rates for many NSF and NIH research programs are already at or below 20 percent.
· 500 fewer NSF research awards, supporting 5,500 fewer researchers, students, and technical support personnel than in FY 2010. Awards for new NSF research and science and technology centers in areas of science and engineering such as nanotechnology and materials research will likely be significantly curtailed.
· Cuts to important NSF support for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education programs at the K-12, undergraduate, and graduate levels. This would include reductions in NSF graduate fellowships, traineeships, and young investigator awards.
· Cuts to DOE, NSF and NIH would result in layoffs of scientists, engineers, technologists, and support personnel at national laboratories and universities across the country. These workers are vital to American innovation.
Director of Policy & Communications
Biophysical Society"
"BPS ACTION ALERT: Urge House Members to Oppose Cuts to Research Contained in H.R. 1
The FY 2011 funding package, H.R. 1, unveiled by House Republicans last Friday and expected to be considered by the full House later this week, proposes deeps cuts in the budgets of the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Energy's Office of Science, the National Science Foundation (NSF). If these cuts are enacted, they will have a major negative impact not only on these specific agencies but upon the entire U.S. scientific enterprise. BPS members are urged to immediately reach out to House Members to urge them to oppose the proposed cuts.
To find your Congressman's contact information, go to http://www.house.gov/and enter your zip code in the box in the upper right hand corner. This will take you to your Congressman's website where you can find the phone number and an email form. Tell them why biomedical and scientific research is important to you, how you rely on federal funding, and how many people work in your lab.
Magnitude of the proposed cuts: Under the proposal, the National Institutes of Health would have its budget reduced to approximately $29.4 billion, a $1.6 billion decrease from the FY 2010 level. NSF would be cut by $359.5 million, or five percent, from the FY 2010 level of $6.87 billion. The Department of Energy Office of Science would be funded at $4.017 billion, which represents a cut of $886 million, or 18 percent, from the FY 2010 funding level of $4.903 billion. Because these research agencies have been operating at FY 2010 levels for five months, and the proposed cuts would be crowded into the seven months remaining in FY 2011, their impact would be considerably more severe.
Impact of the Proposed Cuts:
· Layoffs of thousands of highly skilled scientists, engineers, technologists, and support personnel and contractors at both national laboratories and universities.
· A sharp reduction in the operation and in some instances the complete shutdown of major DOE research facilities in which the U.S. government has already invested substantial resources. These facilities are home to unique, complex, and expensive scientific tools and instruments found few places in the world. These facilities enable U.S. scientists and engineers from both industry and universities to perform cutting-edge research in areas such as high energy and nuclear physics, magnetic fusion, heavy-element chemistry, nanotechnology, high-performance computing, advanced materials, and structural biology.
· Elimination of current government support for hundreds of PhD researchers and graduate students in university research programs all across the country, which could purge a whole generation of scientists and engineers, and would send a very negative signal to industry, the science and technology community, and young American students contemplating careers in science and engineering calling into question Congress commitment to U.S. scientific research essential for our continued global competitiveness and long-term energy security.
· Further declines in the already-low grant success rates at NSF and NIH. Even at current funding levels grant success rates for many NSF and NIH research programs are already at or below 20 percent.
· 500 fewer NSF research awards, supporting 5,500 fewer researchers, students, and technical support personnel than in FY 2010. Awards for new NSF research and science and technology centers in areas of science and engineering such as nanotechnology and materials research will likely be significantly curtailed.
· Cuts to important NSF support for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education programs at the K-12, undergraduate, and graduate levels. This would include reductions in NSF graduate fellowships, traineeships, and young investigator awards.
· Cuts to DOE, NSF and NIH would result in layoffs of scientists, engineers, technologists, and support personnel at national laboratories and universities across the country. These workers are vital to American innovation.
Director of Policy & Communications
Biophysical Society"
Отредактировано: GeorgV - 14 фев 2011 23:15:46
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