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US science agencies on track to hit 25-year funding low

Despite last year’s CHIPS and Science Act, which was meant to boost innovation, report predicts that Congress will cut spending on science.
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  1. Jeff Tollefson
Visitors are cast in silhouette at the top of stairs near the US Capitol.

Political polarization in the United States has repeatedly delayed the budget-approval process for US science agencies over the past few decades. Credit: Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty

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Last year, lawmakers in the United States passed bipartisan legislation intended to maintain US competitiveness with countries such as China by boosting funding for science and innovation. But concerns are mounting that the US Congress will fail to deliver on its promises.

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Nature 622, 438-439 (2023)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-03135-x

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