Abstract
For the fourth straight year, President Donald J. Trump’s budget request to Congress proposes slashing funding for US science agencies. Legislators create funding bills, however, and Congress has not gone along with his previous cuts, giving most agencies increases instead. “We call on Congress to reject these proposed cuts, and we look forward to working with Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill to continue to increase investments in science and research,” says Benjamin Corb, director of public affairs at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. In a conference call about the budget for 2021, White House science adviser Kelvin Droegemeier touted a 6% increase in proposed research funding. But that was an increase over the even more extensive cuts Trump proposed for 2020 rather than the much higher funding levels that agencies actually received from Congress. Droegemeier also noted prioritization across the board for artificial intelligence and quantum
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