Trumps budget is everything scientists have been fearing - Vox.com
"The outline cuts at least $7 billion for research on climate change, diseases, and energy."
http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/3/16/14940444/2018-budget-trump-science-nih
The top-line numbers of President Donald Trumps budget proposal should give the nations scientists shivers. The administration doesnt seem to think science should be a priority at all.
The blueprint released today is preliminary. The administration still needs to draft a full budget, which we wont see until May. And ultimately, its up to Congress to decide who gets what.
But whats important about this budget proposal is that it tells the public and Congress where the presidents concerns lie. And they dont appear to be issues like climate change, disease treatment and prevention, or basic research funding for universities.
In all, we count up least $7 billion in reductions to science programs, including:
A $5.8 billion reduction in funding to the National Institutes of Health (18 percent of its total budget.) Most of the NIHs budget goes to funding research in health care in universities across the country.
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A $900 million reduction in the Energy Departments basic science research. The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy a $300 million program that provides grants for energy research is wholly eliminated because the private sector is better positioned to finance disruptive energy research.
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