ACTION: Use The Planetary Science Society’s tool kit to call Senator Murray and express opposition to these cuts
The President’s Budget Request for science is being marked up the Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday.
The proposed cuts are apocalyptic for US science:
NSF funding cut by 57%: $9.06 billion in FY25 to $3.9 billion
NIH funding cut by 42%: $47.3 billion in FY 25 to $27.5 billion
NASA’s Science Mission Directorate funding cut by 50%
Save NASA Science – Action Hub
NASA science faces record cuts. Take action to stop it—we’ll show you how.
https://www.planetary.org/save-nasa-science
Background:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/03/national-science-foundation-trump-cuts
https://www.aau.edu/newsroom/leading-research-universities-report/white-house-proposes-steep-cuts-science-and-education
https://www.forbes.com/sites/johndrake/2025/05/19/trumps-nih-and-nsf-cuts-could-cost-the-us-economy-10-billion-annually/
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