Observations on the President's Fiscal Year 2001 Federal Science and Technology Budget (2000) / Chapter Skim
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As seen in Figure 3, there has been a significant divergence of federal and non-federal investment patterns in R&D as shares of GDP since 1987.4 Basic research receives its principal support from publicly supported R&D, whereas privately sponsored R&D emphasizes applied research and development. The continued effectiveness of industry expenditures on applied research and development depends on the continued flow of basic research findings and the associated training of scientists and engineers.5 Industry benefits from, and invests in, the development of products based on basic research conducted in prior decades.
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As Harold Varmus, former Director of NIH, has often explained, discoveries in biology and medicine depend on progress in physics, chemistry, engineering, and many allied fields. The FY2001 budget recognizes the need for balanced expansion of research with substantial increases proposed for the National Science Foundation in particular.
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Only rarely do budget decisions take into account those effects of the venous agencies funding research. A recent National Research Council review of major fields with substantial declines in federal research support (chemical engineenng, mechanical engineering, and electrical engineenng)
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