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Nature 407, 931 (26 October 2000) | doi:10.1038/35039681
NSF calls for funding boost in a bid to reverse decline in maths
Paul Smaglik
The US National Science Foundation (NSF) needs to more than triple its commitment to mathematics over the coming years to reverse the subject's decline and meet the growing needs of other disciplines, Rita Colwell, the director of the agency, told the National Science Board last week.Boosting the agency's maths budget from $106 million in 2000 to between $400 million and $500 million by 2007 would fund a campaign to make mathematics a more attractive profession, she said.
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