Senators raise concerns about how Eric Lander of the Broad Institute has handled equality issues.

The president’s request for next year’s federal budget includes a 7 percent drop in funding for the National Institutes of Health and reductions for other science agencies.

An amendment to the 2020 funding bill would prohibit the Trump administration from convening ethics advisory boards to review funding proposals involving the tissues.

Blocked resources and the suspension of research scholarships threaten the future of Brazilian science, academics say.

The draft budget includes deep cuts for science funding, hacking more than $5.5 billion from the NIH’s allotment, but historically Congress has not accepted the White House’s proposals.

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

The consequences of the partial government closure could be long lasting.

As the second full week of lapsed funding comes to a close, some 800,000 federal employees are stuck at home, including some biologists.

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.

High-profile universities produce fewer papers, and with lesser influence, per federal dollar than less-celebrated recipients of federal funding.

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.

Ashley Yeager, TS associate editor, explains the possible ramifications of cutting the CDC's Prevention and Public Health Fund.

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

The alleged ban prohibits officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from using a list of seven words in agency budget documents. 

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.

According to a document posted online less than a day before the release of the official 2018 budget proposal, the National Institutes of Health could face even deeper cuts than previously suggested by the Trump administration.