Trump’s Budget Would Gut Federal Scientific Research

The New York Times reports:

President Trump’s budget plan guts federal science funding for the next fiscal year, according to an overview published by an external group. Particularly at risk is the category of basic research— the blue-sky variety meant to push back the frontiers of human knowledge and sow practical spinoffs and breakthroughs in such everyday fields as health care and artificial intelligence. The group says it would fall by more than one-third.

The new analysis, made public Wednesday by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a general scientific society based in Washington, D.C., added up cuts to the budgets of hundreds of federal agencies and programs that do scientific research or provide grants to universities and research bodies. It then compared the funding appropriated for the current fiscal year with the administration’s proposals for fiscal year 2026.

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Basic science pushes the boundaries of medicine forward. Proposed cuts would decrease federal funding by ~34% — meaning fewer discoveries to benefit patients & substantial damage to innovation at the frontiers of discovery #StandUpForSciencehttps://t.co/DEhMrbInFv

— Jessie M. Dalman (@jessiemdalman) July 10, 2025