Michigan State University officials are stepping up their efforts to convince Congress to fully fund a major scientific project on the East Lansing campus.
MSU was expecting the federal government to provide 52 million dollars for the next construction phase of the ‘Facility for Rare Isotope Beams’, or ‘FRIB’ for short. But the Obama administration is only budgeting $22 million.
Mark Burnham is an MSU vice president for government affairs. He says university officials are talking with influential members of Michigan’s congressional delegation , including the chairman of committee that control federal spending on technology.
"We have other members who are key important members of Congress, in both the House and the Senate, and so we want to make sure we’re working through the entire delegation," says Burnham.
Today, a state senate committee passed a resolution encouraging Congress to fully fund the FRIB project.
