Trump's White House proposes raft of cuts to science R&D budgets, but FDA scores higher funds
President Trump’s 2020 budget proposal is out, and it calls for a slew of cutbacks to science funding at NIH and the National Science Foundation, while offering to boost the coffers at the FDA. The plan now goes to a split Congress, likely to weigh in and significantly alter the White House’s blueprint.
Overall, the administration has proposed a roughly 12% cut to the HHS budget to $87.1 billion. The NIH budget has been culled even as it enhances the agency’s responsibility by advocating for publicly-funded R&D initiatives to end new HIV transmissions by 2030 and develop new treatments for pediatric cancer. To be sure, this White House has proposed cuts to the NIH for the last two years — but the agency enjoys bipartisan support in Congress and legislators will likely bat away any suggestions to shave the institute’s budget in the coming fiscal year.
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