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U.S. SCIENCE FUNDING: Research Catches a Break in Catch-All Spending Bill
Jeffrey Mervis, Andrew Lawler, and Jocelyn Kaiser
Last week Congress stitched together a massive 2004 budget bill that allocates 5% and 3.1% boosts to the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health, respectively.