February 11, 2020 -- U.S. President Donald Trump on February 10 released a proposed budget for 2021 that includes an 8% cut in funding to the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), proposing a 2021 budget of $38 billion, compared with the $41.4 billion the agency has had in 2020.
The NIH cuts are just one line item in the president's proposed $4.8 trillion federal budget for the coming year. It proposes several cuts to NIH institutes, including the following:
| Proposed 2021 U.S. budget for select federal agencies | ||
| 2020 budget | 2021 proposed budget | |
| National Cancer Institute | $6.2 billion | $5.7 billion |
| National Human Genome Research Institute | $606.3 million | $550.1 million |
| National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering | 403.6 million | $368.1 million |
| National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke | $2.3 billion | $2.1 billion |
| National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences | $832.9 million | $787.7 million |
The proposed budget also includes cuts to programs in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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