NIH, NSF, and the DOE’s Office of Science will be among the agencies with budget increases if the omnibus bill is passed.

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

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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.

The proposed spending increase in the draft bill is more generous than that in the House version.

The NIH budget, the nature of science, paternal age, and more

A House bill would also bar funding for research with fetal tissues.

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.

Both Democrats and Republications criticize the Trump administration’s plan to cut funding for biomedical research.