{"id":38158,"date":"2025-07-05T17:46:27","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T16:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/?p=38158"},"modified":"2025-09-03T21:23:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T20:23:29","slug":"significant-us-research-funding-cuts-still-likely-but-uncertainty-remains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/significant-us-research-funding-cuts-still-likely-but-uncertainty-remains\/","title":{"rendered":"Significant US research funding cuts still likely, but uncertainty remains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/content\/article\/nih-will-reinstate-900-grants-response-court-order\">The NIH will restore 900 grants that were cut earlier this year<\/a>\u00a0under a recent court ruling. Other researchers have seen reversals in research cuts from other agencies, and courts are investigating cuts by NSF and others (e.g.,\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/ag.ny.gov\/press-release\/2025\/attorney-general-james-sues-trump-administration-protect-scientific-research-and\" href=\"https:\/\/ag.ny.gov\/press-release\/2025\/attorney-general-james-sues-trump-administration-protect-scientific-research-and\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this one<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/democracyforward.org\/updates\/coalition-files-suit-challenging-doge-attacks-on-congressionally-approved-stem-programs\/\" href=\"https:\/\/democracyforward.org\/updates\/coalition-files-suit-challenging-doge-attacks-on-congressionally-approved-stem-programs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this one<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>The cap of 15% on overhead at NSF and NIH is also on hold pending court decisions, but the\u00a0<strong>uncertainty continues to negatively impact universities and research programs<\/strong>. There is speculation that the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/06\/26\/podcasts\/the-daily\/trump-nih-science-funding.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump administration may simply delay spending appropriated funds<\/a>\u00a0until close to the end of the fiscal year that ends 30 September 2025, at which point the funding would expire and be unavailable \u2014 a so-called \u2018pocket impoundment\u2019 that would have the same effect as cancelling grants without being subject to the same kinds of review.<\/p>\n<p>There is also speculation that\u00a0<strong>cuts may impact government subscriptions and purchases of information products from STM members<\/strong>. We\u2019re working to determine the impact and reality of any such cuts and emphasise the importance of access to information for government scientists and decision-makers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NIH will restore 900 grants that were cut earlier this year\u00a0under a recent court ruling. Other researchers have seen reversals in research cuts from other agencies, and courts are investigating cuts by NSF and others (e.g.,\u00a0this one\u00a0and\u00a0this one). The cap of 15% on overhead at NSF and NIH is also on hold pending court&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":192,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70,102,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-policy-advocacy","category-policy-briefing","category-us"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Significant US research funding cuts still likely, but uncertainty remains - STM Association<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/significant-us-research-funding-cuts-still-likely-but-uncertainty-remains\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Significant US research funding cuts still likely, but uncertainty remains - STM Association\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The NIH will restore 900 grants that were cut earlier this year\u00a0under a recent court ruling. 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