President Obama on Monday proposed a 1.5-percent increase in federal spending on basic scientific research for the coming fiscal year, with his heaviest emphasis on driving technologies calculated to have economic benefit.
Mr. Obama, making his annual budget recommendation to Congress, outlined a governmentwide spending plan totaling $3.8-trillion, just 0.2 percent above current-year spending. The president's outsized support for research has been a pattern throughout his four annual budget outlines, even as the nation's economy has struggled.
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