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Massive budget cuts for US science proposed again by Trump administration

The 2027 budget proposal would curb federal payments for scientific publishing and reduce funding for many US institutions.
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  1. Max Kozlov
  2. Dan Garisto

    1. Dan Garisto is a science journalist in Syracuse, New York.

  3. Edward Chen
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For the second year in a row, US President Donald Trump has proposed significant cuts to the budgets of the most prominent US science agencies. The administration’s plan for federal spending next year, released on 3 April, also includes a ban on using federal funds to pay subscription and publishing fees for some academic journals.

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Nature 652, 547-548 (2026)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-01105-7

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  • Correction 09 April 2026: An earlier version of this article misstated the proposed budget in 2027 for the National Institutes of Health.

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  1. Office of Management and Budget. Budget of the U.S. Government (OMB, 2026).

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