What’s in store for US science as funding bill averts government shutdown

Spending on research, including at the NIH, will see modest cuts this year. But the threat of big reductions in future remain.
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The US government averted a shutdown late last week after President Donald Trump signed into law a spending agreement that is likely to lock in modest cuts to science funding this year. But a larger crisis for science still looms as the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress continue to seek massive cuts to the federal budget for 2025 and beyond.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-00827-4

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  • Correction 18 March 2025: An earlier version of this story misstated the funding reduction for the NIH under the Cures Act. It is $280 million, not billion.

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