sequestration

A look at the historical effects of downsized research funding suggests that the Trump administration’s proposed budget could hit early-career scientists the hardest.  

The omnibus spending bill unveiled by US Congress this week would restore some research budgets cut by sequestration, but critics say it's not enough.

Attracting research funds is never a simple proposition even in the best of years, but in 2013, life scientists dealt with some unique impediments to getting federal grants.

US science may get temporary respite from across-the-board funding cuts that have been squeezing research budgets for more than 10 months.

December 2013's selection of notable quotes

The US government shutdown further hampered a research enterprise already struggling because of the sequester.

The National Institutes of Health has released a fact sheet on its budget pain following the sequester.

Top brass at the US science agency aired monetary grievances before a Senate committee last week.

The agency released details of the sequester’s effects.

Academic research universities and cancer centers will have a large hunk of their funding cut because of the government sequester.

As US policymakers debate federal budget cuts, global health science hangs in the balance.

Agencies like the NSF and NIH are losing around 5 percent of their yearly budgets.

Research spending dropped $4 billion dollars in 2011, and could continue to drop, according to a new report.

If Congress can't reach an agreement on reducing the federal deficit by $1.2 trillion, automatic decreases to key federal science agency budgets go into effect.