Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–September 2, 2014. Unless Congress acts to reverse sequestration cuts scheduled to continue through 2021, significant underfunding of research agencies could devastate federal science research and cause major economic implications, write Harry Stein and Jennifer Erickson in a new issue brief from the Center for American Progress. Perpetual underfunding of the National Science Foundation, or NSF; the National Institute of Standards and Technology, or NIST; and the Department of Energy Office of Science, or DOE Science, could cost the United States nearly 14,000 NSF research grants, 75 new NIST research institutes at American universities, and 24,000 person-years of DOE Science researchers. Stein is the Associate Director for Fiscal Policy at CAP, and Erickson is CAP’s Director of Competitiveness and Economic Growth. Alex Rowell also contributed to the brief.
