Juliana Chan and Lisa Manning

Clinton administration hopes to increase NIH, NSF funds

The University stands to gain considerably from the 7 percent increase in national science research funding recently proposed by the Clinton administration. Congress currently is reviewing Clinton's Science and Technology Initiative, which was unveiled in the 2001 Federal budget proposal and supports a $2.9 billion increase in research funding over the 2001 fiscal year. "It's significant because it's higher this year.