The NOAA budget request for FY2027 is now available here.
As previously reported, the budget calls for significant reductions across the agency. Like last year’s request, this budget includes the proposed elimination of the the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research.
President Trump has named Dr. Erica Schwartz as his latest pick to lead the CDC. If the Senate confirms her, she will be the agency’s fourth leader in just over a year. Dr. Schwartz is a physician and vaccine supporter, the latest signal that the administration is distancing itself from HHS Secretary RFK Jr.’s vaccine skepticism in the lead up to the midterms. Dr. Schwartz served as deputy surgeon general during the first Trump administration, and is a retired rear admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.
President Trump also announced Sean Slovenski as deputy CDC director and chief operating officer, Dr. Jennifer Shuford as deputy director and chief medical officer, and Dr. Sara Brenner as a senior counselor to Secretary Kennedy.
The budget documents for NIH are now available on line here. The page includes both an overall summary of the agency budget request as well detailed requests for each of the institutes and centers.
Overall request is $41.5 billion for the agency, a $5-billon cut below the current programmatic level.
A number of agencies are making available their specific budget request documents.
Late Friday afternoon, the President issued an executive order on intercollegiate athletics. Effective August 1, the executive order (EO) addresses a number of issues in the area of college sports, including, among other, those associated with Name Image Likeness, revenue sharing, and transfers.
The EO states that federal agencies that make grants and awards contracts to institutions of higher education would be required to evaluate whether the institutions that receive funds are in violation of rules and regulations that govern intercollegiate athletics.