Obama is pushing a 2010 budget that, among other things will increase for the NIH, Department of Energy, NASA, and EPA. The EPA will get a 35% boost, the National Science Foundation will get a 8.5% boost, NASA will get a $700 million boost, and the Department of Energy will get a $2.4 billion boost.
Other places where money is focused is in climate research and in green industry.
There also will be a 12.8% education budget increase from 2009.
I applaud Obama for his action and in his realization that investment in education and science will pay off in the future with increased technological, medical, and and general innovation.
Via Wired.
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