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Final FY21 Appropriations: NASA
Congress ’ fiscal year 2021 appropriation for NASA funds all major science missions under development but does not provide the budget the Trump administration had requested to advance its aggressive schedule for a crewed lunar landing. (Source: FYI: The AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News)
Source: FYI: The AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News - February 11, 2021 Category: Physics Authors: wthomas Source Type: news

Final FY21 Appropriations: U.S. Geological Survey
The U.S. Geological Survey ’s budget is increasing 4% to $1.3 billion in fiscal year 2021, with most of the additional funding directed to geological mapping, water monitoring, and landslide hazards programs. (Source: FYI: The AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News)
Source: FYI: The AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News - February 10, 2021 Category: Physics Authors: aschwarber Source Type: news

Final FY21 Appropriations: National Institutes of Health
The budget for the National Institutes of Health is increasing by 3% to just under $43 billion for fiscal year 2021, and Congress has provided an additional $1.25 billion for the agency through its latest pandemic response legislation. (Source: FYI: The AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News)
Source: FYI: The AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News - February 9, 2021 Category: Physics Authors: apeterson Source Type: news

Court Scraps Rule Restricting EPA ’s Use of Science
A Trump administration rule requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to give less weight to certain scientific studies was voided last week after Biden ’s EPA declined to defend it in court. (Source: FYI: The AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News)
Source: FYI: The AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News - February 8, 2021 Category: Physics Authors: mambrose Source Type: news

Biden Orders Review of Federal Scientific Integrity Policies
President Biden has set in motion a wide-ranging  review of federal scientific integrity policies and directed agencies to bolster their efforts to support evidence-based decision making.  (Source: FYI: The AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News)
Source: FYI: The AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News - February 5, 2021 Category: Physics Authors: aschwarber Source Type: news

Science Policy Under Trump: A Look Back
Science policy was subject to a variety of pressures during the Trump administration, not least during the COVID-19 pandemic, though many science programs have thrived nonetheless, owing to bipartisan support in Congress. (Source: FYI: The AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News)
Source: FYI: The AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News - February 3, 2021 Category: Physics Authors: wthomas Source Type: news

Final FY21 Appropriations: National Nuclear Security Administration
The National Security Administration budget is surging by $3 billion to nearly $20 billion for fiscal year 2021, with most of the increase directed to modernizing the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile and associated infrastructure. (Source: FYI: The AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News)
Source: FYI: The AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News - January 29, 2021 Category: Physics Authors: mambrose Source Type: news

Final FY21 Appropriations: DOE Applied Energy
Congress is providing DOE ' s applied energy R&D programs with mostly level budgets in fiscal year 2021 and is proceeding cautiously with new efforts to support the development of advanced nuclear reactors. (Source: FYI: The AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News)
Source: FYI: The AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News - January 29, 2021 Category: Physics Authors: apeterson Source Type: news

Final FY21 Appropriations: National Institute of Standards and Technology
The National Institute of Standards and Technology ’s research budget is rising 5% to $788 million for fiscal year 2021, with much of the increase directed to quantum information science and artificial intelligence research. NIST ' s facilities construction and maintenance budget is cut by one-third to $80 million. (Source: FYI: The AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News)
Source: FYI: The AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News - January 27, 2021 Category: Physics Authors: aschwarber Source Type: news

Final FY21 Appropriations: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ’s appropriation for fiscal year 2021 includes funding increases for climate and weather research programs as well as continued support for ongoing weather satellite acquisition projects. (Source: FYI: The AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News)
Source: FYI: The AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News - January 26, 2021 Category: Physics Authors: aschwarber Source Type: news

Science Policy in 2021: 10 Stories to Watch
FYI presents its annual list of 10 science policy stories to watch in the year ahead. (Source: FYI: The AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News)
Source: FYI: The AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News - January 22, 2021 Category: Physics Authors: aschwarber Source Type: news

Biden Names Science Team, Appoints Science Advisor to Cabinet
President Biden has selected geneticist Eric Lander to be his science advisor and elevated the position to Cabinet rank. Sociologist Alondra Nelson will occupy a new White House job focused on “science and society,” and Caltech’s Frances Arnold and MIT’s Maria Zuber will chair the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. (Source: FYI: The AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News)
Source: FYI: The AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News - January 20, 2021 Category: Physics Authors: mambrose Source Type: news

Final FY21 Appropriations: DOE Office of Science
Funding for the Department of Energy ’s Office of Science is increasing marginally in fiscal year 2021. Most of its component programs will receive steady funding, though office-wide initiatives in quantum information science and artificial intelligence are receiving substantial boosts, and work is ramping up on the proposed Electron Ion Collider and Cosmic Microwave Background-S4 projects. (Source: FYI: The AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News)
Source: FYI: The AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News - January 15, 2021 Category: Physics Authors: apeterson Source Type: news

Biden Builds Out Administration-Wide Climate Team
President-elect Biden is continuing to assemble his climate policy team, which now comprises two senior White House officials, an array of supporting staff members, and Cabinet secretaries engaged with climate-related issues.   (Source: FYI: The AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News)
Source: FYI: The AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News - January 13, 2021 Category: Physics Authors: aschwarber Source Type: news

Congress Sets New Goals for DOE Technology Programs
A product of two years of legislative work, the Energy Act of 2020 overhauls policy across the Department of Energy ’s applied energy and fusion R&D programs, including by recommending substantial funding increases and greatly expanding efforts aimed at reducing carbon emissions. (Source: FYI: The AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News)
Source: FYI: The AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News - January 12, 2021 Category: Physics Authors: wthomas Source Type: news