Experts Bring Attention To Fewer Grants For Computer Research

Government funding for basic computer-science research in the U.S. is decreasing, and many academics believe agencies that award grants are reluctant to pay for longer-term, "audacious" projects. That was the message Monday from a panel of computer-science experts at Microsoft's eighth annual Faculty Summit, a two-day gathering of about 400 professors and researchers from institutions around the world. The current grant-making structure also tends to discourage multidisciplinary projects that combine the work of a computer scientist with a biologist, for example. This is another area panelists agreed the computer-science field needs to emphasize. Read more at:
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