Some additional information from “APSA”:http://www.apsanet.org/index.cfm regarding the Coburn amendment:
bq. If the amendment passes, not only would political science faculty and their students and research be affected. APSA would also lose its NSF funding for the Ralph Bunche Summer Institute, a 5-week program for undergraduate students from underrepresented groups. The “program”:http://www.apsanet.org/rbsi, run out of Duke, simulates the graduate school experience and encourages pursuit of graduate studies in political science.