Science Agencies to Get Boost Under New US Budget

The bill for fiscal year 2019 increases allocations for NSF, FDA, and others above 2018 levels.

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The spending bill passed by the US House and Senate yesterday (February 14) to avert a government shutdown increases appropriations for several science-related government agencies. Others, including certain programs at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), will see a decline. According to a chart compiled by the news outlet FYI Science Policy, all of the science agencies’ budget amounts were higher than those requested by President Donald Trump’s administration.

Here are the topline budget numbers for science agencies in the spending bill that the Senate just passed: pic.twitter.com/1oUObe3VGs

The National Science Foundation’s (NSF’s) budget will increase by 4 percent to $8.1 billion for the year, the same percentage increase the agency received last fiscal year, FYI Science Policy notes in a tweet. The agency has been working to reschedule 111 grant review panels cancelled during the ...

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  • Shawna Williams

    Shawna was an editor at The Scientist from 2017 through 2022. She holds a bachelor's degree in biochemistry from Colorado College and a graduate certificate and science communication from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
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