Spending Committee Recommends Science Increases
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Kristen Goodell of the School of Medicine testified before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee regarding the healthcare workforce on May 22.
SPENDING COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS SCIENCE INCREASES
The House Appropriations Committee recently approved two spending bills that would increase the research budgets for the National Science Foundation (NSF), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The Committee rejected the Trump Administration’s proposal to reduce science funding; instead, the Committee-passed bills would boost NSFfunding in fiscal year 2019 by 5.2% over the current level, NASA’s Science Mission Directorate by 7.4%, and DOE’s Office of Science by 5.4%. The bills would need to be approved by the full U.S. House of Representatives and negotiated with the U.S. Senate before final spending levels are determined later this year.
BUZZ BITS…
- The White House plans to nominate Dr. Chris Fall as the director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science. Dr. Fall is a neuroscientist who has held roles with the agency’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy and with the Office of Naval Research.
- On Tuesday, two subcommittees of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held their second hearing on campus free speech in less than a year. The discussion included assertions that universities suppress conservative points of view, as well as concerns about hate speech and discrimination on college campuses.
- Last week, the House Veterans Affairs Committee held a hearing to examine the effectiveness of research activities undertaken by investigators affiliated with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
GRANTS NEWS YOU CAN USE
The U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences (IES) has announced its fiscal year 2019 competitions for education research and special education research. IES plans to host nine competitions on topics such as school readiness, career and technical education, autism spectrum disorders, and early learning in special education. Grant awards range from $50,000 to $1,000,000 annually for two to five years.
A NOTE TO OUR READERS… With Congress headed home for the Memorial Day District Work Period, Beltway BUzz will not publish next week.