31 Mar 2014
NSC Alliance Testimony Supports Increased Funding for NSF
The Natural Science Collections Alliance submitted testimony to Congress in favor of increased funding for the National Science Foundation (NSF). The requested $7.5 billion would restore proposed cuts to research funding and enable continued investments in natural history collections.
NSF requested $7.255 billion in fiscal year 2015. At this level, biological research funding would be cut by $12.75 million, although significant new investments would be made in science education.
Congress is currently considering funding levels for the next fiscal year, which will start on 1 October 2014.