Healy attacks NASA's claims; bad news for research budgets

Article Abstract:

The House on Jul 29, 1992 voted down an amendment to stop the spending of $1.73 billion on NASA's Space Station Freedom despite receiving a letter from National Institutes of Health director Bernadine Healy in which she denied that NASA's project would benefit biomedical research. The contradictory claims of Healy and NASA director Daniel Goldin concerning the space station's likely usefulness reflects the intense competition developing between government agencies for increasingly scarce federal research dollars. The House also voted to limit NIH to only a 3% budget increase.

Political aspects, United States. Congress. House, Freedom (Space station)

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New rules loom for US science funding as Congress passes a lean 1993 budget

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Congress in Oct 1992 approved a budget for FY 1993 that ends a 45-year tradition of yearly increases in funding for science. The budget should warn researchers that from henceforth they will not be able to count on such increases but will first have to prove the practical benefits that their work will have for society. The budget included $1.87 billion for the National Science Foundation, $10.363 billion for the National Institutes of Health, boosted NASA's funding by about 4% but kept the Energy Department's research budget essentially at its 1992 level.

Budget, Budgeting, Budgets, United States. Department of Energy, United States. National Science Foundation, 1993 AD

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Healy attacks US budgeting system

Article Abstract:

National Institutes of Health director Bernadine Healy criticized the US government for failing to set its priorities before financing research. Healy urged that a mechanism be devised for comparing the advantages and disadvantages of proposed projects before allocating funds for them. Although the Federal Coordinating Council on Science and Technology (FCCSET) is already supposed to be such a mechanism, Healy complained that FCCSET's members lack the authority to influence policy.

Evaluation, Officials and employees, Healy, Bernadine P.

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