In an updated letter to Congressional leadership, associations representing a swath of research institutions reiterated their call to invest at least $26 billion in scientific research in future COVID-19 response bills. Unlike previous communications, this letter calls out specific funding levels for a number of individual agencies, including:
- $3 billion for NSF
- $3 billion for DOD
- $10 billion for NSF
- $5 billion for DOE
- $2 billion for NASA
The letter also calls for additional funds for agencies which have research budgets greater than $100 million, including NOAA and the Institute for Education Science.
The letter is available here.