Small spending bumps for genomics and physics stand in stark contrast to the funding windfall across basic research in last year’s budget.
What a difference a year makes. Canada’s 2019 budget, released on 19 March, includes modest increases for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government priorities including neuroscience and genomics research ― nothing like the historic five-year, Can$4-billion boost for basic science and research unveiled in 2018. It would also create an advisory body that would subject future government funding decisions for research to greater scientific scrutiny. Read more in Nature.