The Disregard of Science and the Responsibility of Scientists

Department of Defense research Funding for Fiscal Year 2006

•Basic research funding (category 6.1) falls 4%.

•DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) would have an overall 4.2% increase

But

•DARPA funding for university Information Technology research has fallen from $214M in 2001 to $123M in 2004 – a 43% loss.

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