The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) applauded President Donald Trump for signing into law a $1.3 trillion fiscal 2018 spending measure that delivers significant increases for science and technology programs and scientific research endeavours.
The catch-all spending measure carries significant spending increases for most of the federal government's major scientific agencies, including biomedical health, energy, space, defence, geological and agricultural research programs.
An analysis by AAAS' R&D Budget and Policy Program stated that under the measure, basic and applied research funding would receive its largest year-over-year increase since the FY 2009 Recovery Act.
Big winners included the National Institutes of Health, which secured a $3 billion or 8.7% increase and the Department of Energy's science programs, which received a $6.26 billion or 16.1% increase over fiscal 2017 spending levels. Science agencies also averted many of the double-digit percentage reductions Trump had requested in his fiscal 2018 budget blueprint.
The measure also removes barriers for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to conduct research on the causes of gun violence.
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