Elias Zerhouni

The Sequester Could Have a Devastating Impact on Scientific Research, Too

If President Obama and Congress refuse to reach a budget compromise by Friday, March 1st, significant spending cuts known as sequestration automatically take effect. The Takeaway has discussed sequestration’s potential impact on Department of Defense employees and their communities, but the spending cuts would also affect a number of other federally-funded projects, including scientific and […]

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