U.S. science agencies should finally learn their ultimate 2022 budget levels as Congress nears an omnibus spending bill.
U.S. research agencies would get budget boosts of roughly 5% this year under a final 2022 spending bill that congressional leaders unveiled early today and hope to pass in the next few days. But those amounts fall far short of aspirational funding levels for several science agencies that Congress is weighing under separate legislation now being negotiated.
The so-called omnibus bill would end that paralysis. NIH’s overall 2022 budget, for example, would increase by 5.3%, to $45 billion, with language requiring each of its 27 institutes and centers to grow by at least 3.4%. The bill also gives the Department of Health and Human Services, the National Institute of Health’s parent body, a budget of $1 billion to create ARPA-H.
Civilian and defense spending would grow by nearly the same rate under the bill—6.7% and 5.6%, respectively. That is not what President Joe Biden had in mind last spring when he asked Congress for a 16% boost in civilian programs and only 1.8% more for defense. But fueled by rising tensions with China and Russia’s recent invasion of Ukraine, conservatives pushed successfully for a more even split.
Within the NIH, the National Cancer Institute receives a 5.4% increase, to $6.9 billion, to cope with soaring numbers of grant applications. Research on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, which Congress has expanded five-fold in the last 7 years, rises another $298 million to $3.5 billion. Other areas designated for increases include research on opioids, health disparities, and mental health effects of COVID-19.
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