A new report published by Research Tech has found that Federal funding for higher education research and development fell for the third year in a row last year, with funding down 5% on the previous year, and falling more than 11% in total since peaking in 2011. The Times Picayune reports that the trend represents the longest multi-year decline in federal funding for academic research and development since the data was first collected in 1972.
A new report published by the American National Science Foundation has found that Federal funding for higher education research and development fell for the third year in a row last year, with funding down 5% on the previous year, and falling more than 11% in total since peaking in 2011. The Times Picayune reports that the trend represents the longest multi-year decline in federal funding for academic research and development since the data was first collected in 1972.