Government Funds Studies to Study Government Funding
Do taxpayer-funded science projects have a positive impact on science? Let’s hope so, because the National Science Foundation (NSF) is awarding about $200,000 each for “several” taxpayer-funded studies on the effects of President Obama’s economic stimulus plan funding on the sciences.
The first award of $199,951 went to the University of Virginia for a study of the impact of economic stimulus funding on employment in science and engineering fields. In addition, the University of Michigan is getting $199,988 to develop a database of social science projects funded by the economic stimulus plan and the outcomes of those projects.
“This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to study how funding changes affect economic, social and scientific outcomes," said Julia Lane, program director for Science of Science and Innovation Policy at NSF in a press release.
According to the NSF, the research will help to determine the ability of U.S. colleges and universities to supply enough science and engineering graduates to keep up with the potential employment demand created by the economic stimulus plan. “It is widely believed,” states the NSF, that the stimulus plan “will have substantial impacts on hiring and staffing for university science programs.”
The Obama-backed economic stimulus bill -- American Recovery and Reinvestment Act – enacted in early 2009, provides $787 billion worth of governments spending and tax cuts intended to stimulate the economy by getting Americans working and spending again.
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Comments
It just goes to prove the old adage – “The more things change, the MORE they stay the same!”
More shining examples of “waste in Government spending”.
Typical wasteful CORRUPT GOVT spending.