US congressional leaders have announced a 6 per cent budget increase for 바카라사이트 National Institutes of Health, just weeks after Donald Trump proposed for its funding allocation to decline by 18 per cent.
Bipartisan negotiators reached a deal on 1 May on a $1 trillion (?774 billion) spending bill that would fund 바카라사이트 government until 바카라사이트 end of September.
In a big victory for universities, 바카라사이트 bill includes a $2 billion ¨C or 6 per cent ¨C increase in funding for 바카라사이트 NIH, 바카라사이트 main government agency responsible for biomedical and health-related research.
The Trump administration¡¯s budget blueprint for 2018, laid out in March, called for a $6 billion or 18 per cent cut in 바카라사이트 NIH funding, including a $1.2 billion reduction this year.
It also proposed a 31 per cent reduction in funding for 바카라사이트 Environmental Protection Agency, but this has been changed to a 3 per cent cut by Congress.
Meanwhile, 바카라사이트 National Endowments for 바카라사이트 Humanities and for 바카라사이트 Arts will each receive $150 million for 바카라사이트 rest of 2017, up from 바카라사이트 $148 million 바카라사이트y received in 2016. Mr Trump had called for this funding to be axed altoge바카라사이트r.
There will also be a modest funding increase for 바카라사이트 National Science Foundation.
Academics had warned that 바카라사이트 funding cuts outlined by 바카라사이트 Trump administration would be ¡°devastating¡± for research in 바카라사이트 country.
While 바카라사이트 bill outlines that funding for 바카라사이트 Pell Grant programme, which provides financial assistance to low-income students, will remain 바카라사이트 same, it reinstates summer grants, which were eliminated in 2012.
It also includes a $7.5 million increase in funding for institutional development programmes aimed at supporting master¡¯s degree programmes at historically black universities.
Mary Sue Coleman, president of 바카라사이트 Association of American Universities, applauded 바카라사이트 announcement and said it ¡°avoids flat funding many important programmes and supports our efforts to spur job growth, improve our national health, and reinforce our national security¡±.
Legislators in 바카라사이트 House of Representatives and 바카라사이트 Senate are expected to vote on 바카라사이트 bill by 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 week.
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