Federal policies impacting fundamental scientific research update

The Science Coalition Round up for February 5th 2019 provided useful information which may be of interest:

Following the agreement to reopen the federal government through February 15, recent news coverage focused on the residual impacts the partial government shutdown will have on science. News outlets have largely examined the impacts to federal science agencies and the fundamental research they support. Some press have also highlighted the lasting effects on research universities, and the problems created by a lack of access to critical funding and resources over the five-week shutdown. Here is a sampling of top articles from the last few weeks:

Infographic: Science Caught in the Middle of the Shutdown

The federal government shutdown is over, but its affects are still being felt by America’s leading research universities. At least $1.3 billion of fundamental scientific research funding was put on hold at federal agencies such as NSF, USDA, NASA, and others. Even though these agencies are open again, it will take them time to get back up to full speed, halting essential research projects for weeks or even months to come. The below infographic gives a snapshot of how funding instability hurts scientific research and how universities get caught in the middle.

To download the infographic from the TSC please click on: reports and resources page.