1998 U.S. Federal budget: As other budgets shrink, science funding holds steady

Abstract

It may not be a dream budget, but it is not the nightmare that scientists in the United States may have anticipated. For the second year in a row, President Bill Clinton and his cabinet have presented a federal budget plan designed to eliminate the annual budget deficit by the year 2002. And for the second year in a row, that plan includes modest increases in funding for government‐sponsored science research and development (R&D).