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More Information on the Administration Budget Request

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Pentagon  RDT&E Budget Request

Total Basic Research (6.1):  $2.144 billion (-$207 million compared to FY2026)

Total Applied Research (6.2):  $6.087 billion (-$1.072 billion compared to FY2026)

 Army

  • 6.1 research: $396.1 million (-$129 million)
  • 6.2 research: $914 million (-$608.9 million)

 

Navy

  • 6.1 research: $525.4 million (-$71.1 million)
  • 6.2 research: $935.3 million ($400)

 

Air Force 

  • 6.1 research: $387.1 million (-$20 million)
  • 6.2 research: $1.258 billion (-$338 million)

 

Defense-wide

  • 6.1 research: $800.1 million (+$13.7 million)
  • 6.2 research: $2.746 billion (-$319 million)

 

National Science Foundation (NSF) Budget Request

 Total discretionary funding request:   $3.963 billion (-$4.787 billion compared to FY2026)

Total funding request (including mandatory funds):  $5.103 billion (-$3.887 billion)

  • The total request includes, among other items, $900 million for a new Antarctic Research Vessel from mandatory funds.

 

  • Research and Related Activities (R&RA): $3.409 billion (-$4.706 billion)
  • Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction (MREFC): $173 million (-$78 million)

 

Within the R&RA account, every directorate would see a decrease, with the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences slated for elimination.

Please continue to check back on the blog for updates.

Agency-Specific Budget Request Documents Becoming Available

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A number of agencies are making available their specific budget request documents.

  • The NSF budget document is available here. 
  • The budget documents from the Department of Education are posted here. 
  • The initial requests from the Pentagon for its research budget are available here. 
  • The USGS budget document is available here. 
  • The Administration proposes to eliminate the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) in its proposed budget.
  • NASA budget documents can be found here. 
  • Department of Energy budget documents are available here. 

Executive Order on Intercollegiate Athletics Issued

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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.

As Expected, Budget Calls for Cuts in Many Areas

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USGS

As expected, the FY2027 budget proposal calls for cuts at many agencies and in many areas.  This includes programs of interest to UW funded by the U.S. Geological Survey.

The USGS budget document eliminates the Ecosystems Mission Area, which funds, among other programs, the Climate Adaptation Science Centers and the Cooperative Research Units.

The agency is also seeking to cut funding for the Earthquake Hazards Program by $32 million in FY2027.

We will continue to provide updates on other agencies and programs.

More Details on Administration Budget Request

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We will continue to provide updates over the next several days and weeks but here are a few more details about the Administration budget request.

NIH

The $41 billion requested at the program level for the agency requests a $5 billion cut below the current year’s program level.  The budget summary argues that NIH “broke the trust of the American people with wasteful spending, misleading information, risky research, and the promotion of dangerous ideologies that undermine public health.”  To partly address that, the Administration is seeking to eliminate three centers or institutes:

  • National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, which, according to the budget documents, is “replete with DEI expenditures”; 
  • Fogarty International Center; and,
  • National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health

ARPA-H

The agency would see its budget decrease from $1.5 billion to $945 million in FY2027.

ED

Additional programs would see lower funding levels or eliminated altogether under the budget proposal, including:

  • TRIO– $0 (currently at $1.19 billion)
  • GEAR-UP– $0 (currently at $388 million)
  • GAANN– $0 (currently at $19.5 million)
  • Federal Work Study– $123 million (currently at $1.24 billion)
  • Institute of Education Sciences (IES)– $261.3 million (currently at $790 million)

NSF

The budget request seeks to cut NSF by nearly 55%, reducing the current budget of $8.8 billion to $4 billion. Within this, there would be major cuts across the board, including: 

  • Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction: $173 million (currently $251 million), a 31% decrease 
  • NSF Total General Science and Basic Research: $3.3 billion (currently $7.1 billion) a 53% decrease
  • STEM education programs: $151 million (currently $1.1 billion), an 86% decrease
  • Within “Research and Related Activities,” funding for the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate is eliminated 
  • The Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate is cut by $658 million, and the Technology, Innovations, and Partnerships (TIP) Directorate is cut by $548 million
  • Consistent with a focus on “maritime dominance,” the request also includes $900.0 million in new mandatory authority to be used for construction of an Antarctic Icebreaking Vessel