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How Trump’s science cuts could hurt states that voted for him

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Rural and struggling areas have benefited from funding that is now at risk.

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  • 17 May 2017

    The story has been updated to correct the number of advanced manufacturing institutes funded by the US government — there are 14, not 9 as originally stated.

  • 17 May 2017

    An earlier version of the graphic neglected to mention that the funding amounts are in millions of US$.

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Witze, A. How Trump’s science cuts could hurt states that voted for him. Nature 545, 273–274 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/545273a

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