New HHS document details deep NIH cuts as part of Trump budget request

The Division of Well being and Human Providers on Friday launched a abstract of President Trump’s funds request for the 2026 fiscal yr that gives probably the most detailed look but at how his administration hopes to reshape the Nationwide Institutes of Well being and different federal businesses.

The “funds briefly” doc doubles down on a earlier request to slash NIH’s discretionary funds to $27.5 billion, an $18 billion or practically 40% discount. It additionally particulars plans to consolidate the company’s 27 institutes and facilities into simply eight. However whereas these plans have been disclosed in earlier paperwork that have been leaked or shared publicly by the administration, Friday’s funds abstract spells out extra clearly exactly the place these cuts would come from — and simply how deep they are going to be.

The president’s proposal would go away simply three of the NIH’s present institutes intact: the Nationwide Most cancers Institute, Nationwide Institute of Allergy and Infectious Illnesses, and the Nationwide Institute of Getting old. However that doesn’t imply these institutes could be spared. If enacted, Trump’s request would slash the budgets of NCI from $7.2 billion to $4.5 billion, NIAID from round $6.6 billion to $4.2 billion, and NIA from $4.4 billion to $2.7 billion.