Infographic: Research in the US Federal Budget

I’m a fan of PhD Comics, and recently the comic strip has been tackling the issue that many PhD students are paid via federal research grants, essentially being paid by the US Taxpayer.  Today’s strip breaks down the Research portion of the US Federal Budget.

The text is a bit small, but overall it’s a good breakdown a’la “Death & Taxes” but focused entirely on the R&D portions.

See fullsize after the break.

This story written by Randall Hand

Randall Hand is a visualization scientist working for a federal research lab, aiding researchers to discover the insights buried within their terabyte datasets generated on some of the most powerful supercomputers in the world. He also runs VizWorld.com .