Abstract
President Clinton has submitted as fiscal 1999 research development budget of $78 billion, up 3% from fiscal 1998. Nondefense R&D in the federal budget totals $37.8 billion—a 5.8% increase over the current year. It is the biggest civilian science technology budget in history fulfills the wildest wishes of the research community, especially that served by the National Institutes of Health the National Science Foundation, which are slated to receive major increases. You add it all up, says White House science adviser John H. Gibbons, and what the budget does is set the stage for a new century of progress, of learning discovery. Such rhetoric is common for the unveiling of budgets. But the mood of jubilation may well be excused this time. Two years ago, the tone was drenched in gloom as the Republican Congress attempted to kill favorite Clinton Administration programs. But there are caveats. ...
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