The ongoing stalemate over the federal budget has forced one-quarter of the US government to begin a second week of closure.

Money from the NIH’s budget, among others, will be used to care for kids in federal custody.

The plan would also allow non-EU countries to pay to participate in EU research programs, albeit without wielding “decisional power.”

The agency is also poised to end a 50-year effort to restore endangered whooping crane populations.

Funds for the NIH and NSF would stay flat, while some agencies, including the FDA and NASA, would see increases.

Congress has increased discretionary spending caps, making it possible that the budgets of US science agencies will rise this fiscal year.

The federal budget, expected before the end of March, may substantially raise funding for research.

An analysis of President Trump’s proposed $7.2 billion slash to the National Institutes of Health budget points to dire consequences for the development of novel drugs.

The $1.23 trillion budget includes an increase in NIH funding, but the package is unlikely to make it unscathed through the Senate.