Hmmm, let's see.
What areas of biology does NSF support that aren't covered by most other federal funders:
Ecology and evolution.....favorites of the GOP.

Pardon my paranoia.

Charlie

"Mr. Charles Darwin had the gall to ask."   REM

At 02:23 PM 5/17/2006, you wrote:
>You may wish to forward this to your life science faculty, particularly if you have a US Senator on the Senate Appropriations Committee...
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>*ESA** Action Alert—NSF Research Priorities*
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>_Action needed:_ If your Senator is listed below, please call or email your Senator TODAY regarding a proposed amendment by Senator Kay Hutchinson (R-TX) that would instruct the National Science Foundation to direct its resources primarily to the physical sciences.
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>_Message:_ Say you are a constituent and ask your Senator to vote NO on the Hutchison amendment which will be taken up tomorrow, Thursday, May 18 when the Senate Commerce Committee marks up S. 2802, authorizing legislation focused on American competitiveness. Ask your Senator to vote YES to an amendment Senator Lautenberg (D-NJ) plans to introduce that would eliminate the section of S. 2802 that prescribes priorities to the National Science Foundation. Reason: NSF is the only federal agency to support science and education across all the disciplines, which has served this nation extremely well. Congress should not be micromanaging this agency, which supports fundamental research in ALL disciplines.
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>_Background:_ Since the National Academy of Sciences released its report, “Rising Above the Gathering Storm” last fall, there has been congressional and Executive Branch attention focused on U.S. innovation and competitiveness and numerous bills introduced aimed towards this issue. This latest bill, S. 2802, is authorizing legislation but many of the Senators who will be voting on it also serve on the Senate Appropriations Committee which has spending authority for the National Science Foundation. At issue is an amendment to be offered by Senator Hutchison, which currently reads as follows: “The Director of the National Science Foundation shall ensure that the assessment of research awards and grant proposals submitted to the Foundation, and research activity initiated by the Foundation, include consideration of the degree to which such awards and activities contribute to the enhancement of the Nation’s capabilities in the areas of physical science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.” As noted above, Senator Lautenberg will offer an amendment that would eliminate any language prescribing research priorities to the NSF.
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>Senators on the Senate Commerce Committee who need to be contacted ASAP:
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>Ted Stevens (R-AK), phone : 202.224.3004
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>John McCain (R-AZ) phone: 202.224.2235
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>Conrad Burns (R-MT) phone: 202.224.2644
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>Trent Lott (R-MS) phone: 202.224.6253
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>Olympia Snowe (R-ME): phone: 202.224.5344
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>Gordon Smith (R-OR) phone: 202.224.3753
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>John Ensign (R-NV) phone: 202.224.6244
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>George Allen (R-VA) phone: 202.224.4024
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>John Sununu (R-NH) phone: 202.224.2841
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>Jim DeMint (R-SC) phone: 202.224.6121
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>David Vitter (R-LA) phone: 202.224.4623
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>Daniel Inouye (D-HI) phone: 202.224.3934
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>John Rockefeller (D-WVA) phone: 202.224.6472
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>John Kerry (D-MA) phone: 202.224.2742
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>Byron Dorgan (D-ND) phone: 202.224.2551
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>Barbara Boxer (D-CA) phone: 202.224.3553
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>Bill Nelson (D-FL) phone: 202.224.5274
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>Maria Cantwell (D-WA) phone: 202.224.3441
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>Ben Nelson (D-NE) phone: 202.224.6551
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>Mark Pryor (D-AR) phone: 202.224.2353
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>Any questions, please call ESA Director of Public Affairs Nadine Lymn (202.833.8773. ext. 205) or ESA Policy Analyst Laura Lipps (202.833.8773, ext. 224).
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>Director of Sponsored Research
>Desert Research Institute
>2215 Raggio Parkway
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