Francis Collins, the NIH s director, says that his organisation will spend 1.6 billion less in2013a cut of 5.1%and 16 billion less over the next decade.
NIH所长弗朗西斯?柯林斯说,今年,NIH的开支也会缩减16亿美元,减少约5.1%。在未来十年内,将减少160亿美元;
Hundreds of grants will not be awarded.
数百项项目经费也将取消。
Existing grantees will receive only 90% of the cash promised to them.
已申请成功的人士也只能拿到约定经费总额的九成。
These cuts will speed the erosion of American supremacy in research.
美国在研究领域的龙头地位已经不保,以上各项开支削减进一步加快了其下滑速度。
In December Battelle, a research group, predicted that China would surpass America sspending by 2023.
去年12月,巴特尔研究中心预测,中国的科研经费将在2023年赶超美国。
Thanks to the sequester, that date may come earlier.
拜财政封存所赐,这天将来得更早了。
But the real problem is absolute, not relative, and affects the whole world, not just America.
然而,真正的问题在于,美国不仅会在研发开支排名上下滑,也无疑将在研发进展上落后。这不仅会减缓美国发展,且影响会波及全世界。
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