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AI tool visually maps science funding and its real-world impacts

The impact of scientific research extends far beyond the laboratory. Breakthroughs like insulin and innovations like the internet have transformed our everyday lives. They also influence policymaking ...
The New York Times

The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine

A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science. By Aatish Bhatia, Amy Fan, Jonah Smith and Irena Hwang In the past decade, the National Institutes of Health ...
STAT

U.S. scientists must compete internationally, just like auto and steel workers do

Packalen is an associate professor of economics at the University of Waterloo. This essay is part of a First Opinion series on the future of the National Institutes of Health and American science.
FedScoop

House, Senate lawmakers ignore requested Trump cuts at key science agencies

Congressional appropriators mostly ignored the Trump administration’s requests to slash budgets at several science and data agencies in a package of fiscal year 2026 bills released this week. While ...
Tennessean

Federal science funding that powers TN's economy is at risk | Opinion

Federal funding for scientific research is crucial for innovation and has supported major breakthroughs in Tennessee. Research at institutions like Vanderbilt and Oak Ridge National Laboratory ...