{"id":39041,"date":"2026-02-19T19:10:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T19:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/?p=39041"},"modified":"2026-02-19T19:10:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T19:10:41","slug":"nih-and-most-science-agencies-funded-for-fy2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/nih-and-most-science-agencies-funded-for-fy2026\/","title":{"rendered":"NIH and most science agencies funded for FY2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Tuesday, February 3, after a brief partial government shutdown, Congress funded the remaining parts of the government for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2026 (with the exception of the Department of Homeland Security). The final bill included funding for NIH and other remaining science agencies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Funding for NIH was increased slightly (~1%), while DOD\u2019s basic research budget was cut by about 5%, and applied research increased by 15%.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The bill directly reaffirms Congress\u2019 intent that indirect cost rates at NIH remain at previously negotiated levels and directs NIH to explore the FAIR model for funding indirect costs, though not before 2027.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also indirectly endorses Senate Labor\u2013Health and Human Services report language (see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/stm.offloadmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/16174727\/STM-submission-to-NIH-RFI-Allowable-Publishing-Costs-Sept-2025-1.pdf\">STM\u2019s previous comments to NIH here<\/a>) supporting NIH\u2019s efforts to \u201caddress rising APCs,\u201d while directing NIH to work with the scientific community on the details of \u201can APC allowable charge limit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Delve deeper via the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.house.gov\/billsthisweek\/20260119\/DEF%20LHHS%20HS%20THUD%20-%20JES%20-%20Division%20B%20-%20LHHS%20-%201-19-2026%20-%20Reduced%20File%20Size_.pdf\">Joint Explanatory Statement (p 41)<\/a>, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/committee-report\/119th-congress\/senate-report\/55\/1?outputFormat=pdf\">Senate report (p 149)<\/a>, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/119th-congress\/house-bill\/7148\/text\">full bill itself<\/a>, and\/or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaas.org\/programs\/r-d-budget-and-policy\/federal-rd-budget-dashboard\">AAAS\u2019 analysis of the budgets.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, February 3, after a brief partial government shutdown, Congress funded the remaining parts of the government for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2026 (with the exception of the Department of Homeland Security). 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