Fusion News: Boston- MIT fusion experiment benefits from budget deal, but more uncertainity looms
There has been a sigh of relief from scientists as the budget deal revealed new funding for experiments to run for its typical span this year; but there is still anxiety over the future of funding and if it can provide graduate students with support for a Ph.D. As reported by Boston.com in the article “MIT fusion experiment benefits from budget deal, but more uncertainty loom:”
“What we’d like to do is again resume bringing in more graduate students. At this funding level, we could do that. The only issue is what happens in 2015,” Porkolab said. “If we bring in students, they expect five years of support for a Ph.D.”
Porkolab said a significant number of new applicants for graduate school at MIT have expressed interest in plasma research, but that when the Obama Administration’s budget proposal for the next fiscal year is unveiled, it may not have set aside any money for the fusion experiment for next year.
