Prime Minister Backs NSF-like Funding Body

摘要

New delhi-Indian Prime Minister Manmo-han Singh has endorsed the creation of an independent agency to support basic research-with a proposed budget that's more than three times the amount the government is now spending. Scientists have long complained about the current process for winning grants, including inflexible rules and funding decisions that take more than a year. Last week Singh attended the first meeting of the new Science Advisory Council to the Prime Minister and embraced its recommendation for a National Science and Engineering Research Foundation with a mandate to "strongly promote and fund research in all fields of science and engineering."