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White House Science Advisor Criticizes FIRST Act

Pending legislation to alter the grantmaking process at the National Science Foundation (NSF) “would have an extraordinarily unfortunate effect” on the $7 billion research agency, presidential science adviser John Holdren said.

Pending legislation to alter the grantmaking process at the National Science Foundation (NSF) “would have an extraordinarily unfortunate effect” on the $7 billion research agency, presidential science adviser John Holdren said.

The Frontiers in Innovation, Research, Science, and Technology (FIRST) Act,  a two-year reauthorization of NSF programs, is expected to be approved this month by the science committee of the U.S. House of Representatives.

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