10
zRecap
of science support issues:
yAbout
$55B of the nation’s $2,319B budget goes to
basic and applied research
yMore
than half of this goes to the life sciences (IT
is less than 4%)
yIT
research funding is actually decreasing
yMore
than 80% of the employment growth in all of S&T
in the next decade will be in IT – and more than
70% of all job openings (including those due to
retirements)
yRecent
news provides little encouragement!