Bioscience Briefing
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Science Policy Announcements
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Resource Book Now Available
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America COMPETES
On August 9, 2007 the President signed H.R. 2272 into law, a package of legislation called the America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science (COMPETES) Act.
The America COMPETES Act is the culmination of multiple efforts to implement the recommendations issued in the National Academies 2005 report “Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future.” The report focused on the effect of the increasingly global marketplace and economy on US prosperity, and the recommendations are aimed at helping the US maintain its competitive edge through improved science and education programs.
The Act sets aside nearly $34 billion to enhance science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education over the next three fiscal years, authorizes multiple grant programs aimed at creating more math and science teachers, and authorizes budget doublings over the next ten years at the National Science Foundation, National Institute of Standards Technology, and the office of science in the Department of Energy. The extent to which the goals of the Act are achieved will depend on how much money is actually appropriated to fund the initiatives.