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A review of more than two decades of data finds racial disparities in the success rate of National Science Foundation grant proposals.

The legislation, passed by the House of Representatives yesterday, will increase research agencies’ budgets by around 5 percent in 2022 and support the creation of a new health agency.

Although many of the hikes are less than what the Biden administration had requested, the draft legislation calls for a boost in spending for agencies like NASA, the National Institutes of Health, and the Department of Energy.

The legislation, which now heads to the House, aims to ensure the country can compete with China technologically by supporting research and development over the next five years.

These new initiatives would tackle problems relating to health and climate.

A bipartisan bill aims to increase the National Science Foundation’s budget over the next five years and form a new technology directorate.

From immigration reform to climate change amelioration, researchers and science policy advocates share their hopes for 2021 and beyond.

More than 3,000 researchers have signed on to a petition that expresses concern over the agency’s 2021 application for the funding program, which emphasizes three areas of computational science and might further disadvantage underrepresented groups.

The upcoming summer research season has been suspended amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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.

The National Science and Technology Council will bring together agency leaders to “focus on improving the safety, integrity, and productivity of research settings.”

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.

All the while, staff members are meeting daily to prepare for another possible pause in operations come mid-month.

With the lapse in government funding in its fourth week, early-career researchers tell The Scientist how their businesses, jobs, and research have been affected.

From missing paychecks to delayed grants to canceled travel, federal research is feeling the sting.

The chief scientist at the NSF initiative quits after two leaders were let go without her input.

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

Scientists will no longer be limited to one proposal as the lead or co-lead investigator per year.