It seems that US science may get a 50% boost very soon… If it happens, I am pretty sure amazing things will come out of it, given all the cool research I see happening these days.
1. Chips and science bill (voted, July 29, 2022)
–formerly COMPETES (House) and USICA (Senate)
–https://www.energy.gov/articles/statement-secretary-granholm-congressional-passage-chips-and-science-act“The legislation invests $67 billion in the Department of Energy, including a $50 billion authorization for DOE’s Office of Science to enable cutting-edge research and development in clean energy to fight the climate crisis and advanced computing and manufacturing to boost American competitiveness.”
2. Inflation Reduction Act (voted, August 16)
–$300M for BES Science Facilities
Tucked into the $369B for climate in the Democrats' new spending bill:
-$133M for DOE lab infrastructure
-$304M for high energy physics
-$280M for fusion
-$217M for nuclear physics
-$164M for supercomputing
-$295M for basic science user facilities
-$158M for isotope R&D pic.twitter.com/erLtDK7SPi— FYI Science Policy (@FYIscipolicy) July 28, 2022
3. FY2023: U.S. Senate calls for hefty research spending in 2023
Science magazine: U.S. Senate calls for hefty research spending in 2023