JINA - Virtual Journal of Nuclear Astrophysics, 8 January 2010
Volume 8, Issue 2 (45 Articles)
- # 28 - Research Funding
U.K. Physicists Cry Foul At Major Budget Cuts- Science - Volume: 327, Issue: 5961
- Administrative changes and the ravages of the economy have left the Science and Technology Facilities Council, the British body responsible for particle physics, astronomy, nuclear physics, and space science, with a gaping hole in its finances. In the 5-year funding plan announced in mid-December, nuclear physics has been pared to the bone, with just £30 million for the next 5 years, amounting to a cut of 29% over that period.
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This material is based upon work supported in part by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Nuclear Physics, under Award Number DE-SC0026204.