Open AccessEPA External Research Grants Program faces steep budget cuts
Author(s) -
Showstack Randy
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2004eo120004
Subject(s) - fiscal year , agency (philosophy) , harm , administration (probate law) , political science , criticism , public administration , sociology , law , social science
The Bush administration—s proposed budget cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency's research grants program, Science to Achieve Results (STAR),came under criticism at a hearing of the Science Subcommittee on Environment, Technology and Standards of the U.S. House of Representatives. The hearing was held 11 March. Subcommittee members and several witnesses said that a proposed $36 million cut to the STAR'S fiscal year 2005 budget—compared to the FY2004 proposed budget—is too steep. They said the proposed $65‐million budget—which would be a cut of more than 30% from the previous fiscal year—would harm the program, as well as the agency's ability to receive outside research advice on a range of cutting‐edge environmental issues. Funding for STAR graduate fellowships also would be cut by $3.1 million, compared to the enacted level for FY2004.