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Trump proposes slashing science spending at the NSF

Polar science, Earth science, maths and physical sciences are affected by plan to cut funding at the US National Science Foundation.
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US President Donald Trump has proposed cuts across the board at the National Science Foundation (NSF) in his 2020 budget request to Congress. The biggest decreases would hit funding for research in Antarctica and the Arctic, the geosciences, maths and physical sciences.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-00851-1

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  • Correction 19 March 2019: In the chart comparing 2019 funding levels and Trump's 2020 budget request, the 2019 budget for the Department of Energy Office of Science is US$6.6 billion.

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