R&D in the FY 1999 Federal Budget Request
April 24, 1998JPBM congressional liaison Lisa Thompson scrutinizes the "strong growth in nondefense basic research" proposed by the Clinton administration for 1999-something of a departure, she points out, for an administration that "has tended to favor applied research." (Additional details and an analysis of how this budget would affect DOD's mathematical sciences programs, will be provided in a document, "Mathematical Sciences in the FY 1999 Budget" at http://forum.swarthmore.edu/social/jpbmcan/math99.html.)