Science fares well in President Obama's proposed FY 2011 budget, although the arts and humanities do not. Among the items included in the president's budget is $20 million for the first year of construction of NEON, the National Ecological Observatory Network. Total cost over the 6 years of construction will be $433.72 million. Here's a little bit about the news from the NEON website:
"This is a great affirmation of the decades of work put in by the scientific community, and a win for science in general," said David Schimel, NEON CEO. "NEON and its partners in science, education, and environmental management and stewardship will create new opportunities for understanding, predicting and responding to environmental change on a grand scale."
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