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... In the committee's judgment, sharp funding increases in biomedical fields may strain the capacity of existing infrastructure and facilities in some universities and other institutions expected to carry out the increased research in those fields. In the context of such increases, the problems of unreimbursed indirect costs need attention through a simplified formula
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... We have compared the R&D, FS&T, and Fund budgets in Figure 2 and in Tables 1, 2, and 3. As can be seen in Table 1, FS&T differs from the Fund by about $11 billion, of which $3 billion is the 6.3 budget of DOD, $4 billion is Human Space Flight and Mission Support in NASA, and $2.8 billion is DOE Defense Activities.
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... This is substantially higher than the 1.7 percent increase in constant dollars proposed by the administration for this fund in FY 2000, but smaller than the 6.5 percent growth actually appropriated by Congress last year. A set of inter-agency initiatives is highlighted this year, with focused efforts in nanotechnology ($485 million)
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