A Senate spending panel today approved a $2 billion boost in 2017 for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), or a 6.2% increase to $34.1 billion. It's the second year in a row that the Senate has slated the agency for a large increase after 12 years of flat budgets.
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http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/06/nih-gets-2-billion-boost-senate-spending-bill