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Canadian government announces science and technology funds for 2010/11 fiscal year

According to a news item on CBC News, Ottawa will be spending $11.7B next year on science and technology. From the news item,

The government said that $5.9 billion will be allocated to departments and agencies within the federal government while other sectors will receive $5.8 billion. These sectors include higher education, business and non-profit and foreign groups.

The plans include spending $7.4 billion on research and development and $4.3 billion on gathering and synthesizing data, information services, museum services, policy studies and education.

Three-quarters of the government’s proposed spending will be directed to natural sciences and one-quarter toward social sciences and humanities.

I assume the recent $2M investment announced on October 8, 2010 for Alberta’s nanotechnology sector (more details in my Oct. 11, 2010 posting) will be coming out of this $11.7B budget for science and technology.