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House bill gives NIH a 3% boost in 2019, to $38.3 billion

House bill gives NIH a 3% boost in 2019, to $38.3 billion

6 years ago
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http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/06/house-bill-gives-nih-3-boost-2019-383-billion

A draft bill released by a House of Representatives spending panel today would give the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, a $1.25 billion raise in 2019, to $38.3 billion. That is 3% more than this year’s level and $4.1 billion more than President Donald Trump’s administration had requested.

Although researchers are welcoming the modest bump, the bill also brings back a proposed ban on research with fetal tissue that alarmed the scientific community last year.