Scientific Drought, Golden Eggs, and Global Leadership — Why Trump’s NIH Funding Cuts Would Be a Disaster

On March 16, 2017, President Donald Trump submitted his budget titled "America First," with a proposal to cut the 2018 National Institutes of Health (NIH) budget by 18.3%, or approximately $5.8 billion. It is the first time a president has proposed a cut of this magnitude since the NIH received its…

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