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Items of Interest
MIT faculty makes scholarly articles freely and openly available to the entire world. Google Summer of Code returns, and suggested Python projects. (A nice way for students to spend the summer, especially during an “economic downturn”). And for those of … Continue reading
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Grad Students: NSF Funding for Research Abroad
NSF recently began accepting applications for their annual EAPSI program (due date: Dec. 9). The “East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes” are an opportunity for science and tech grad students who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents to do some … Continue reading
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Science Funding 2009 (not good news)
There is this paradox: federal budgets, and, particularly, what is allocated for science, is something so important day-to-day for researchers, yet reading about budgets is so boring that I can hardly bring myself to do it. It is important, though, … Continue reading
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A dime’s worth of difference? For scientists, try 8 billion
As the presidential election season heats up, we occasionally get to hear something of substance about the candidates. Today, some news from ScienceNOW is just this. Next year’s federal budget may not contain a penny more for research and education … Continue reading
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