Republicans brush aside Trump plan to slash NIH funding

'It's a huge deal': This Trump move sets up showdown with 14 GOP senators

President Donald Trump's administration has imposed a complete block on funding that goes to external health researchers — cutting off billions of dollars intended for studies on diabetes, cancer, and numerous other illnesses, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.The report noted that this suspension was inserted as a footnote by the Office of Management and Budget, under Director Russell Vought, in the official funding document for the Nati…

Republicans brush aside Trump plan to slash NIH funding

House Republican appropriators plan to disregard the White House’s proposed 40 percent cut to the National Institutes of Health budget for fiscal 2026, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the situation. Instead, the funding levels being discussed are similar to what’s currently appropriated, they said. Republicans in the Senate are likely to follow suit, after multiple lawmakers in that chamber emphasized the importance of investing …

Sen. Britt leads letter advocating for NIH research funding

Last Friday, Senator Katie Britt, R-Alabama, a member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, led 13 of her Senate Republican colleagues sending a letter to Russell Vought, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, advocating for the disbursement of appropriated funds for the National Institutes of Health, NIH, “in order to advance President Trump’s goals …

How Cuts to Research Funding Could Affect Medical Students

The NIH plans to cap indirect research grants at 15%, down from the current average of 27%-28%. The cuts could limit students’ access to research programs.

Britt, GOP senators push OMB to release delayed NIH funds

U.S. Sen. Katie Britt is leading a group of Republicans urging the Trump administration’s budget office to release funding for the National Institutes of Health, saying delays could hurt medical research and slow progress on President Trump’s push to “Make America Healthy Again.” Britt and 13 other Republican senators sent a letter July 24 to Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought, urging the administration to follow through on …

NIH spending battle’s ripple effect

FOLLOW THE MONEYCuts to the National Institutes of Health’s budget would have sweeping implications for the broader economic and biomedical ecosystems, MIT and Harvard researchers argue.To reach that conclusion, published Friday in JAMA Health Forum, the researchers analyzed potential NIH budget cuts and 37 studies and reports on NIH funding, biomedical innovation and economic impacts, [...]