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The recession means everyone's trimming back their budgets, which spells trouble for basic scientific research. If your research depends on grant money, beware: you're trying to grab a slice from an ever-shrinking pie. NIH and NSF funding is down, and now Wired reports that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's budget will be cut by $100 million. What's a researcher to do? Is this time to rein in spending, boldly try for larger projects, or refocus on short-term commercially promising work?
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