Chart 7-2. BASIC RESEARCH SUPPORT
This research will allow resource managers to predict and assess the environmental and economic impacts of stress on vulnerable ecosystems and will also provide information to guide public and private land planning, management, and acquisition.
Investing in a 21st Century Education: Through the Education Technology Initiative, the Government is helping to ensure that America's classrooms are equipped with modern computers and connected to the Internet, that educational software becomes an integral part of the curriculumn, and that teachers are ready to use and teach with technology. Federal science and technology investments such as the Education Research Initiative - an Education Department and NSF partnership - also contribute to these goals.
Investing in Research to Keep Our Nation Secure: The budget invests in defense research to ensure that our military maintains its technological superiority, providing $1.1 billion for basic research and $3.0 billion for applied research at the Defense Department. The budget also supports programs that will keep nuclear weapons out of the hands of terrorists, use science-based techniques to ensure the safety and reliability of our nuclear weapons stockpiles, promote global stability by bolstering strong international science and technology partnerships, and increase research and development on critical infrastructure protection to improve the safety and security of the Nation's physical infrastructure and information and communications systems.
Agency Highlights
NIH: The budget continues its commitment to biomedical research that promotes innovations to improve health and prevent disease. It provides an increase of $320 million over the 1999 level for NIH. This funding level will support research on diabetes, brain disorders, cancer, genetic medicine, disease prevention strategies, and development of an AIDS vaccine. NIH's highest priority continues to be investigator-initiated, peer-reviewed research project grants. In the last year, NIH research on traumatic spinal cord injury revealed that it may actually be possible to regenerate nerve cells.
