“At the outset, it looked like things could get pretty grim at the National Institutes of Health under President Donald Trump.”
“…In his first White House budget, Trump proposed cutting the NIH’s roughly $30 billion budget by $6 billion, which would have been a devastating blow after years of stagnant funding. His health secretary defended the proposed cuts by arguing there was a lot of wasted spending in the agency’s budget….”
“The feather in NIH’s proverbial cap was last week’s omnibus spending deal, which provided $3 billion in fresh federal funding for medical research. That’s after receiving a $2 billion boost from Congress last year in spite of the White House’s initial wishes.”
“A few things are working in NIH’s favor…” Read the full article here.
Source: NIH is faring surprisingly well under Trump – By Dylan Scott, March 26, 2018. Vox.
