Science Stats Science & Society Funding slide Scientists from a range of fields are feeling the pinch. Source: Amer. Soc. For Biochem. and Molec. Biol. 2013, adapted by: S. Egts Share this:EmailFacebookTwitterPinterestPocketRedditPrint By Science News October 12, 2013 at 2:00 am A survey of more than 3,700 U.S. scientists from a range of fields finds that researchers are feeling the pinch (stats above). U.S. federal spending on science has decreased sharply since 2010 in inflation-adjusted dollars (graph below). U.S. federal spending on science in inflation-adjusted dollars. Source: Amer. Soc. For Biochem. and Molec. Biol. 2013, adapted by S. Egts