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The Atlantic – November 8, 2023 The Biden Administration is ready to wade into the debate about the economic rights of college athletes. The White House held an event with former college football players, including Andrew Luck, to discuss revenue sharing, safety standards and athletes having a voice in decisions, according to a White House official. |
Federation of American Scientists Science was supposed to see a major funding boost after Congress passed the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) and Science Act last year. The bipartisan bill promised to provide $174 billion over the next 5 years to various federal science agencies, including the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). According to , funding set aside by Congress for NSF, NIST, and the DOE Office of Science is $7 billion below authorized levels. |
Committee on Science Space and Technology – November 8, 2023 The House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology passed H.R. 6093, the Weather Act Reauthorization, at a full committee markup with bipartisan support. continues to strengthen and advance the U.S. weather system by improving the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s critical weather research, supporting improvements in weather forecasting and prediction, expanding commercial opportunities for the provision of weather data, and more. |
USDA – November 8, 2023 The , serves to increase access to shared special purpose equipment/instruments for scientific research for use in the food and agricultural sciences programs in our nation's institutions of higher education, including State Cooperative Extension Services. The program seeks to improve the quality and expand the scope of fundamental and applied research at eligible institution, by providing organizations with opportunities to acquire equipment/instruments that supports the research, research training, and Extension goals of the organization. The Curators of The University of Missouri were an awarded recipient. |
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