Science Funding Makes Headlines

As the presidential race coverage rages on in the media, science funding may soon become a talking point. Some recent news reports indicate that the candidates are at odds over funding and news outlets are starting to notice.

• The Baltimore Sun has taken up the cause of increasing science funding. Full story.
  


• The Chronicle of Higher Education covered the report by the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine on how to appoint scientific advisors. The story is here and the report is here.
  


• The science debate recently made it into a NY Times blog (TierneyLab) last week as well.
  


• ScienceNOW has a story today that suggests McCain will freeze science funding during his first year in office.
  


• Recent coverage by ASBMB of the canidates' answers to 14 science questions.
  


• Also, keep an eye out for our upcoming October issue of ASBMB Today where the "From the Hill" column by Peter Farnham looks in greater depth at a recent debate between the candidates' science avatars.