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...many fronts, Coddington and his fellow education lobbyists have already succeeded in countering Budget Director David A. Stockman's campaign to reduce or eliminate programs. For example, Congress decided against proposed spending ceilings for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Science Foundation (NSF), which together support about 90 per cent of biomedical research at universities. In the case of NIH, researchers have long opposed any specific spending limits, fearing that restrictions could subject the institutes to political pressure to pursue particular fields. Calling the decision a "major victory," Coddington points out that the continuing absence of ceilings also...
With level funding, Davis could salvage most of his survey for years to come. But Coddington, Leahy and officials at the Association of American Universities, a group representing the 50 top research universities in the country, point out that some fields will dwindle into non-existence unless the Administration and Congress make an abrupt 180-degree policy change and increase federal support. High-energy physics, for example, is severely threatened, because results from that extraordinarily expensive research do not promise specific technological advancements. Harvard and MIT closed their joint facility for high-energy research several years ago because of funding...
...budgets for improvement of laboratories and equipment in general that their facilities across the board are now considered twice as old as those owned by private corporations. Level funding will lead to continued deterioration of university research over the next ten years, "and that is unquestionably a bad situation," Coddington says. Harvard scientists had expected up to $2 million from a $75 million NSF fund set aside specifically for renovation and new instrumentation, but Reagan killed the authorization last spring. Congress has since allocated $16.5 million for improvements--a "promising symbol," says Leahy--though the action will have little effect...
Several aspects of the Reagan budget that would seem to include benefits for universities either will have little impact at Harvard or may actually aggravate existing financial problems. Increases in the Department of Defense (DOD) budget will probably filter down to some Pentagon-related research within the University, but Coddington says that large percentage gains in DOD funding reported recently are deceiving because Harvard has traditionally done little work for the military...
...wealthy--such as user fees for yachts and private aircraft--to help offset a federal deficit which they now say could climb as high as $60 billion. Since the added levies would in no way encourage charitable giving, "they can only be viewed in a negative light," says Coddington, adding, "It is true, we are getting hit both by reductions and increases." On the other hand, tax incentives designed to encourage corporate investment in university research remain "insignificant," the lobbyist notes...