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Tammy Baldwin: “Your budget requests an $18 billion cut for NIH.”

Featuring: Tammy Baldwin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

Senator Tammy Baldwin Challenges NIH Forward Funding Policy with Dr. Bhattachary

Published June 10, 2025 | Video Starts at 02:30

This is going to have significant impact in the near term on the number of grants NIH awards and how much is spent on research. Your budget requests an $18 billion cut for NIH. and that's bad enough. But be honest with Congress and the American people. This forward funding scheme means that the cuts are even deeper. (02:30–02:35)

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Asserts that the proposed budget includes an $18 billion cut for NIH.

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“NIH has awarded nearly $3 billion less compared to the same period last year.”
Senator Tammy Baldwin Challenges NIH Forward Funding Policy with Dr. Bhattachary | Uploaded June 10, 2025 | 00:16-00:24
“That's at least 3,288 fewer grants.”
Senator Tammy Baldwin Challenges NIH Forward Funding Policy with Dr. Bhattachary | Uploaded June 10, 2025 | 00:23-00:30
“Your budget already proposes to award 15,000 fewer research grants next year.”
Senator Tammy Baldwin Challenges NIH Forward Funding Policy with Dr. Bhattachary | Uploaded June 10, 2025 | 03:11-03:18
“OMB Director Vogt recently made a major change on the way that NIH will fund grants.”
Senator Tammy Baldwin Challenges NIH Forward Funding Policy with Dr. Bhattachary | Uploaded June 10, 2025 | 01:49-01:58
“This forward funding scheme means that the cuts are even deeper.”
Senator Tammy Baldwin Challenges NIH Forward Funding Policy with Dr. Bhattachary | Uploaded June 10, 2025 | 02:40-02:46
“It means that you're effectively cutting research funding next year by another $7 billion on top of the $18 billion cut you propose.”
Senator Tammy Baldwin Challenges NIH Forward Funding Policy with Dr. Bhattachary | Uploaded June 10, 2025 | 02:54-03:06
“This change alone, this forward funding accounts for about 4,000 of those.”
Senator Tammy Baldwin Challenges NIH Forward Funding Policy with Dr. Bhattachary | Uploaded June 10, 2025 | 03:18-03:24
“You can cut 7 billion and dramatically reduce the number of NIH awards next year on your own.”
Senator Tammy Baldwin Challenges NIH Forward Funding Policy with Dr. Bhattachary | Uploaded June 10, 2025 | 03:30-03:40
“Forward funding disguises even deeper cuts in the NIH budget than the budget submission would suggest.”
Senator Tammy Baldwin Challenges NIH Forward Funding Policy with Dr. Bhattachary | Uploaded June 10, 2025 | 04:09-04:18
“If it's a four year project, three of the years will sit in an escrow account and not be spent next year.”
Senator Tammy Baldwin Challenges NIH Forward Funding Policy with Dr. Bhattachary | Uploaded June 10, 2025 | 04:55-05:01