The new money, which the research institutes have to bid for by June, will be for new buildings and scientific infrastructure.

BBC: Budget boost for science in the east

"The commitment to new spending on scientific infrastructure is important, as part of the UK's push to be a modern, high-tech economy, " he said.

BBC: Space spending to be increased by ?60m a year

While America's innovation heritage is unparalleled, the evidence is mounting that we are failing to make the investments in our young people, our workers, our scientific research infrastructure and our economy that will enable us to retain our global innovation leadership.

FORBES: What The U.S. Must Do To Keep Up

To reinvest in the essentials that we've neglected for too long -- like health care, like education, like a better energy policy, like basic infrastructure, like scientific research.

WHITEHOUSE: President Obama on Dr. King's Legacy

Democrats responded that the Ryan proposal would harm economic growth by shifting the burden of deficit reduction to middle-class Americans, the elderly and others, while cutting spending for college loans, infrastructure development, scientific research and other areas vital for job creation.

CNN: Hope for compromise recedes as budget debate begins

Projects: SURFshare: aims to develop an infrastructure that will facilitate access to research information and make it possible for researchers to share scientific and scholarly information using latest ICT technology.

UNESCO: Global Open Access Portal

Despite millions of well treatments throughout the world for more than 60 years and extensive body of scientific evidence supporting fracking, some lawmakers and regulators are being swayed by overblown propaganda when making multibillion-dollar infrastructure decisions about powering our economy.

FORBES: Vocal And Tiny Minority Propagates Natural Gas Disinformation