34 forecasters

Major cuts in US science funding in 2018?

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Forecast Timeline

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Opened:

Feb 18, 2017

Closes:

Jul 1, 2017

Resolved:

Apr 8, 2019

Spot Scoring Time:

Feb 20, 2017

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