AIBS Expresses Concerns about COMPETES Reauthorization
The Honorable Lamar Smith, Chairman
House Science, Space and Technology Committee
2321 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
The Honorable Eddie Bernice Johnson, Ranking Member
House Science, Space and Technology Committee
394 Ford House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Subject: HR 1806, The America COMPETES Reauthorization Act
Dear Chairman Smith, Ranking Member Johnson, and Members of the Science, Space, and Technology Committee:
On behalf of the American Institute of Biological Sciences, I would like to thank you for your continued efforts to reauthorize the America COMPETES Act. Thank you, too, for addressing several of the concerns the scientific community raised with prior versions of the legislation.
The American Institute of Biological Sciences is a federation that includes more than 100 scientific societies and organizations spanning the breadth of the biological sciences. As such, we were pleased to see a proposed increase in the authorization level for the National Science Foundation (NSF) for fiscal year (FY) 2016.
The community remains concerned, however, that HR 1806 specifies funding allocations for NSF's research directorates. NSF has a stellar track record of supporting innovative, interdisciplinary research that yields transformative results. These scientific advancements have been achieved in part because NSF has had the flexibility to support promising research at the interface of different disciplines. This flexibi...
Source: ActionBioscience - Category: Biology Authors: Julie Palakovich Carr Source Type: news
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