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Local researchers and science geeks are totally geeking out right now, as $21.5 billion of the stimulus dollars, dedicated solely to research and development, is now up for grabs. Scientists from across Washington, including the big shots at UW, WSU, Children's, and Fred Hutch have all applied for funding, and will continue to keep their fingers crossed for months until they hear who gets a slice of the stimulus research pie. Signs point in a positive direction, as one local laboratory focused on energy efficiency research was awarded $124 million in stimulus bucks already. The Pacific Northwest is expected to receive some funding (=more jobs), including dollars for biomedical research, volcano monitoring, and earthquake studies.
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Kim, you and I are going to have to slap together a research grant titled "Drinking and Twittering Your Way Through a Recession - Practical Field Applications and Economic Benefits". Surprisingly, the data has already been gathered it's just a matter tapping in to those memories. Thankfully there is an online database called Facebook that should help kickstart the memory process for the "Drinking" side of this study.
wait, why does the "volcano monitoring and earthquake studies" point to the NOAA website? I'm fairly certain that the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration doesn't cover volcanoes and earthquakes. The Pacific Northwest Seismic Network, on the other hand...
You are right, thanks for catching that. An honset slip of the link.