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Two Threats to U.S. Science
Last month, the House Appropriations Committee of the U.S. Congress began drafting its Fiscal Year 2020 funding bill. Among the promising news is the committee's support for a $2 billion increase above Fiscal Year 2019 for the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), the first step in what is likely to be a long and contentious budget process. Why, then, is the cycle of success that the U.S. scientific enterprise has enjoyed since the mid-20th century in jeopardy?
The cycle of success that catapulted the United States to a global leadership position in science and technology has long been fueled by its many research universities....
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Last month, the House Appropriations Committee of the U.S. Congress began drafting its Fiscal Year 2020 funding bill. Among the promising news is the committee's support for a $2 billion increase above Fiscal Year 2019 for the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), the first step in what is likely to be a long and contentious budget process. Why, then, is the cycle of success that the U.S. scientific enterprise has enjoyed since the mid-20th century in jeopardy?
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The full text of this publication is available via Science.Alberts, Bruce and Venkatesh Narayanamurti. "Two Threats to U.S. Science." Science, vol. 364, no. 6441. (May 17, 2019): 613.
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