Overview

• The administration’s fiscal 2026 proposal would slash NIH funding nearly 40% to $27.5 billion and consolidate its 27 institutes into eight.
• A 15% cap on indirect costs that universities can charge the government is included despite ongoing legal challenges.
• CDC funding would fall from over $9 billion to about $4 billion and FDA support would drop by roughly $500 million.
• The National Science Foundation would see its budget halved to $3.9 billion and NASA would face a nearly $6 billion, 25% reduction.
• A new Administration for Healthy America agency would be created with a $14 billion allocation to merge key HHS divisions.