In a commentary posted by HPCwire, the issue of federal funding for supercomputing R&D is once again at the forefront. It’s no secret, as we’ve pointed out in several posts here, that the hpc community, especially in academia, is reeling somewhat from the continued reduction in federal funding. A NY Times article (registration required) published today points out that

The Bush team is proposing cutting the Pentagon’s budget for basic science and technology research by 20 percent next year - after President Bush and the Republican Congress already slashed the 2005 budget of the National Science Foundation by $100 million.

The cuts are going beyond hpc, however. In an article titled “Pulling the plug on science?” published yesterday by the Christian Science Monitor, the American Association for the Advancement of Science states:

…while the overall budget for federally funded research and development (R&D) is rising by 0.1 percent, far short of inflation, there are more losers than winners.

More fallout regarding the funding problems can be seen at the Computing Research Policy Blog.

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