Trump budget proposal aims to cut $5 billion from NIH

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The White Home is asking Congress to chop $5 billion from the Nationwide Institutes of Well being and to downsize the variety of its institutes and facilities from 27 to 22 — a plan that’s anticipated to obtain a cold reception from lawmakers from each events. 

The president’s fiscal 12 months 2027 funds request, launched Friday, asks for $41 billion for the NIH and eliminates the Nationwide Heart for Complementary and Integrative Well being, the Fogarty Worldwide Heart, and the Nationwide Institute on Minority Well being and Well being Disparities. The 2027 funds additionally proposes consolidating two institutes centered on analysis on drug and alcohol abuse into a brand new entity known as the Nationwide Institute of Substance Use and Dependancy Analysis, in addition to relocating the Nationwide Institute of Environmental Well being Sciences into the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention. 

The White Home proposal additionally asks Congress to slash the funds for the Superior Analysis Tasks (ARPA-H), which funds cutting-edge science, from its present $1.5 billion to $945 million.