Sequester cuts university research funds - Nick Anderson, Washington Post

The federal government, long a key sponsor of scientific research in universities, is scaling back support for academic laboratories from coast to coast to satisfy the new mandate to cut spending across the board. About $30 billion a year flows from Washington to universities for research and development in fields from agriculture to astrophysics. This funding has helped make leading U.S. research universities, including Johns Hopkins in Baltimore and the University of Maryland in College Park, the envy of the world. http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/sequester-cuts-university-research-funds/2013/03/16/08e9cc24-877a-11e2-9d71-f0feafdd1394_story.html