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Science 15 February 2008:
Vol. 319. no. 5865, p. 877
DOI: 10.1126/science.1155656
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Editorial

"Glocal" Science Advocacy

Alan I. Leshner

Here we go again. on 4 February, President Bush released his fiscal year (FY) 2009 budget request to the U.S. Congress, and the news for research funding is once again mixed. Some agencies, such as the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy's Office of Science, are proposed for very substantial increases, but others, such as the National Institutes of Health (NIH), are slated for flat funding or worse. This news comes after a dismal FY 2008 science funding outcome. If the new Bush budget proposal is adopted, U.S. research will see its fifth consecutive year of decreased support (in inflation-adjusted constant dollars) as compared to the increasing research investments by other nations. The news is important not only for the U.S. scientific community but also for its many international collaborators.

Alan I. Leshner is chief executive officer of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and executive publisher of Science.

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