House science panel feuds over NASA earth science programs, then finds compromise
Republicans drop big cut in return for Democrats’ support of NASA reauthorization bill
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Spanish research gets a nice budget boost—but scientists say it will be of little help
An 8.3% increase is meaningless unless stifling budget regulations are lifted, researchers say -
U.S. leprosy budget cut closes clinics, threatens research
The ancient disease still afflicts a small number of Americans who rely on specialty care -
2020 census gets huge budget boost, but addition of citizenship question worries critics
California sues to block question as Congress addresses chronic underfunding -
Want to crowdfund your science? New study hints at who is successful
Study of 728 Experiment.com campaigns finds women and students tend to do better -
Advocates celebrate funding bump for USDA-funded research
Competitive grants see 6.7% increase in spending bill -
Final 2018 budget deal should help the National Science Foundation in 2019, too
A 4% boost gives NSF greater flexibility in launching several initiatives -
Science at Department of Energy gets a hefty raise in final 2018 budget
Funding for DOE’s Office of Science to jump 16%, to $6.26 billion -
Planetary science wins big in NASA’s new spending plan
Lawmakers also reject proposal to terminate earth science missions -
Trump, Congress approve largest U.S. research spending increase in a decade
The National Institutes of Health gets $3 billion increase, and other agencies get raises, too -
Final 2018 budget bill eases biomedical researchers’ policy worries
Measure blocks changes to National Institutes of Health clinical trials policy and overhead payments, drops fetal tissue limits -
Stifling accounting rules threaten jobs and science at Spanish institutes
Staff at centers for solar energy research and oceanography raise alarm -
Expectations are high for UKRI, the United Kingdom’s new £6 billion research behemoth
UKRI will seek to provide a voice for science, foster interdisciplinary research, and kick-start the economy -
NIH to investigate officials’ role in industry funding of study on moderate drinking
Review triggered by news story suggesting federal employees violated policy on seeking outside funds -
Budget increase for 2020 census falls short, advocates say
$2 billion increase not enough to stay on track -
NIH stays flat, absorbs three institutes in president’s 2019 budget proposal
Plan would also trim salary support paid by National Institutes of Health grants
