Critical Reasoning (CR) | The pattern of scientific grants awarded by foundations is changing as

The pattern of scientific grants awarded by foundations is changing as the number of worthy requests grows in the face of cuts in federal spending. Many foundations, formerly willing to fund innovative but risky projects, have begun to support relatively conservative projects only. From the passage above it can be most reasonably concluded that which of the following was true when the passage was written as compared to preceding year?

(A) Foundations were being forced to recognize that they could
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