{"id":3360,"date":"2009-01-28T08:10:12","date_gmt":"2009-01-28T08:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/principles\/2009\/01\/28\/message-from-aps-support-scien\/"},"modified":"2009-01-28T08:10:12","modified_gmt":"2009-01-28T08:10:12","slug":"message-from-aps-support-scien","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/2009\/01\/28\/message-from-aps-support-scien\/","title":{"rendered":"Message from APS: Support Science Funding"},"content":{"rendered":"

The American Physical Society has sent out another of its email alerts encouraging people to write to Congress in support of more funding for science. Actually, they’re urging people to send two messages: a thank-you to Speaker Pelosi<\/a> for the generous science funding in the House stimulus bill, and a letter to your Senators<\/a> asking for more funding.<\/p>\n

The explanation from the message:<\/p>\n

\n

As you may be aware, the U.S. Congress is currently formulating a
\nstimulus package to help spur the recovery of our economy. In
\naddition to the tax cuts in the draft packages being discussed,
\nthe packages include a number of infrastructure investments that
\nwould create millions of jobs. […]<\/p>\n

On January 15th, the leadership of the House of Representatives
\nproposed a bill that would give a significant boost to science
\ninfrastructure, including allocating $2 billion for the Department
\nof Energy Office of Science (OS), $2.5 billion for the National
\nScience Foundation (NSF), $500 million for the National Institute
\nof Standards and Technology (NIST) and $100 million for advanced
\ncomputing. On January 23rd, the Chairman of the Senate
\nAppropriations Committee released a summary of a proposed Senate
\nstimulus package. Unfortunately, the announcement did not offer
\nmany details about how much funding science would receive in that
\npackage. However, we are receiving troubling signs that science
\nmay not receive the same levels of funding as in the House package
\nand would even, in some scenarios, be cut or even eliminated. We
\nare therefore urging the Senate to follow the House lead in helping
\nto ensure American competitiveness in the 21st century by making
\ncritically needed infrastructure investments.<\/p>\n

The attached letters would 1) thank House Speaker Pelosi for her
\nsupport of science and 2) request that the Senate follows the House
\nby including a robust amount of funding for scientific
\ninfrastructure investments.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

If you’re an American voter, and inclined to agree with these sentiments, please consider dropping them a line. And yes, I know, there are more effective things that can be done to sway Congress than sending auto-generated emails: phone calls, letters on paper, and in-person visits to Congressional offices are more likely to do some good. If you’re comfortable doing those things, by all means, do them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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