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Science 12 June 1998:
Vol. 280. no. 5370, p. 1686
DOI: 10.1126/science.280.5370.1686
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U.S. SCIENCE POLICY:
Warm Words for Basic Research

Andrew Lawler

Last week, several science-minded senators put the finishing touches on draft legislation to double civilian R&D funding over the next 12 years, while a panel of industrialists and university presidents issued a report that said the federal approach to basic research requires some tweaking but no dramatic changes. Meanwhile, the chair of a House study on science policy that is nearing completion praised the economic payoff from basic research, but warned that the government should be wary of funding applied research.

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