Two NSF Items

First, an article from Inside Higher Ed about a bill passed earlier this month that could decrease NSF's budget for social and behavioral research.

Second, the NSF's FY 2013 Performance and Financial Highlights, which includes information like this: in fiscal year 2013, 49,014 proposals were evaluated by their merit review process and 10,844 were funded. This is the lowest number of new awards since fiscal year 2006. It can only get better from here!