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1. Trump has been trying to cut Science budgers by larger percentages for a while now. Congress has not let them.

2. NIH funding notice of awards has slowed to a crawl since Trump did not get his wish to cut Science funding.

3. Putting scientific funding under political control, instructing them to ignore the reviews conducted by peer scientists.

4. Have practically made international collaborations on grants impossible. An expert in Canada or Europe that would be great? Pretty much, too bad.

5. Pushing policies that make grants cancelable at any moment without need to have a justified reason, including potentially for exercising free speech, disagreeing with Administration doctrine, etc, or because you're ugly. This and the funding uncertainty makes planning difficult...just like business, stability/predictability matters.

6. Pushing policies that prevent funds to help cover costs of dissemination, including conference costs.

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Could you explain how much the US spends on its science budget compared to peers? It would help us really understand how much he's cutting it and harming our science base if we knew the numbers. For example if we're spending 50% less than EU or Canada.