All told, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation withdrew or placed on hold almost $4 billion in funding. And that money may be gone for the foreseeable future because the White House’s proposed budget for the next fiscal year slashes support for those agencies themselves by 40% and 56%, respectively.

A Senate spending bill would restore funding for dozens of NASA science missions threatened with cancellation in the administration’s 2026 budget request.

An economist who helped convince the Biden administration to spend more on research bemoans the deep cuts proposed by President Donald Trump.

Congress’s proposed budgets would preserve more research spending than the president’s. It’s a rare rebuke from Republicans to the White House’s efforts to gut funding for several research support agencies.

As a high schooler attending Owasso Public Schools, I got the full Oklahoma high school football experience, which led me to pursue a degree in exercise and sport science at the University of Tulsa. I developed a passion for biomechanics research and worked on a state-funded project to help reduce fireground injuries in Tulsa firefighters using biomechanical measures to inform new testing and interventions.

As a veteran academic researcher, department chairperson and associate dean for research, I have seen this process play out from multiple perspectives – as a grant recipient, grant reviewer and university administrator.

David Ramotowski presents his research during the 2023 Three-Minute Thesis competition. Ramotowski won first place. Courtesy of the University of

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