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Science research dollars are considered to be discretionary, which means funding has to be approved by Congress every year .
But it’s in a budget category with larger entitlement programs like Medicare and Social Security that are considered untouchable by politicians of both parties.
The major science agencies are nearing a 25-year low for their funding levels as a share of U.S. gross domestic product.
Government science funding in the U.S. is stagnant, but America ’s main scientific rivals are rising fast.
Federal R&D funding as a percentage of GDP has dropped from 1.2% in 1987 to 1% in 2010 to under 0.8% currently.
China has eclipsed the United States in high-impact papers published.
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