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APS Science Policy Update

March 7, 2006

In this issue:

• Biological sciences receive increased funding in the proposed NSF budget
• NIH reauthorization
• FASEB Washington Update

NSF's FY 2007 budget If approved by Congress, the President's proposed budget for the National Science Foundation (NSF) will raise the agency's overall total to $6.02 billion. Within NSF, the biological sciences directorate (BIO) is slated to receive a $31 million increase over last year, which is on par with the increase for the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (+$30 million), but lower than the increase for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (+$65 million). Within BIO the Emerging Frontiers program would get an additional $18 million (a 23% increase), some of which would go to support the Frontiers in Integrative Biological Research (FIBR). FIBR supports researchers addressing under-studied questions in biology and seeks to encourage integrative approaches that draw on tools from biology, math, engineering, social and information sciences.

For more information on the proposed FY 2007 research budgets at NIH, VA, NASA and NSF, go to http://www.the-aps.org/pa/resources/bionews/07budgetoutlook.htm

NIH Reauthorization House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Joe Barton (R-TX) again appears ready to take up reauthorization of the NIH. Despite a crowded Congressional calendar and upcoming elections, committee staffers have once again approached FASEB for comments on the draft bill and are looking to make significant changes before officially introducing the legislation. The original bill contained numerous provisions including classification of institutes and centers as either science-enabling or mission-specific, creation of a common fund for trans-NIH initiatives, and the specification of overall budget levels for NIH in the years covered by the authorization bill.

For a more detailed description of the original bill, go to http://www.the-aps.org/pa/resources/bionews/nihreauthorization.htm

FASEB Washington Update For the latest news from the FASEB Office of Science Policy, go to http://opa.faseb.org/pdf/washingtonupdate/WashingtonUpdate3_3_06.pdf.