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Joe Moeller (Jun 11 2020 at 17:14):I just read this, but haven't fully formed my thoughts yet. What do you think?
https://blogs.ams.org/capitalcurrents/2020/06/09/re-imagining-the-national-science-foundation/
(=_=) (Jun 12 2020 at 03:59):It's great news for ACT, as there's ACT activity in almost all the focus areas of the new Technology Directorate (TD).
(=_=) (Jun 12 2020 at 04:00):Arden Brement isn't wrong to see the downsides, however: see also the report on Science. Since the new TD will have more than 2x the budget of the current NSF, what you may see in the new NSTF is a dominant TD faction over the other non-TDs for the 5 years the $100b is being disbursed. The interim politics over the 5 years may see the non-TD part of NSTF cut down to size.
Once the five years is up or the $100b gets whittled down in the future, what will the situation be then? Going by historical trends, fiscally conservative voices may rise up and demand a budget cut. If they succeed, you may get something like the ARC in Australia, which has a "National Research Priorities" mission similar to the TD's "focus areas", and funds very little curiosity-driven research that doesn't align itself with those priorities (or doesn't already have backing from people who have a good track record of getting funds from the ARC).