Janaury 24, 2014
Michael Stratford, Inside Higher Ed
Supporters of social science breathed a sigh of relief last week when
Congress effectively repealed strict limits on how the National Science
Foundation could fund certain types of political science research.
The omnibus appropriations bill that Congress passed and the President signed into law last week did not include
the controversial provision that had, for more than nine months,
restricted NSF funding for political science to only projects that
directly promoted national security and U.S. economic interests. Read more
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