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Today (March 1) mandatory spending cuts are set to go into effect across the federal government, including to the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
In total, the cuts to the federal government will make up $85 billion. The NIH is losing around $1.6 billion of its $35 billion yearly budget, while the NSF should be out $350 million of its annual $7 billion.
Officials and scientists for months have been raising alarms and making plans for the how to deal with the cuts. The NSF released a notice earlier this week (February 27) stating that current grantees should not be affected but that there would be about 1,000 fewer new grants this year. At a Senate hearing earlier in ...
