Congress Finalizes FY13 Budgets: Cuts result for NIH, NSF, most federal statistical agencies

摘要

Weeks before President Obama released his FY14 budget request and six months into the fiscal year, Congress finalized the FY13 budget. For the most part, the budgets for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation (NSF), and federal statistical agencies are their FY12 budgets reduced by the sequestration cut of 5.1%. The cuts will mean fewer and smaller grants for NIH and NSF and program cuts, hiring freezes, and reduced travel for the federal statistical agencies. The full extent of the cuts, especially for the statistical agencies, will most likely be felt in FY14 unless the cuts can be reversed. If the budget reductions are not restored in the FY14 budget, further and more extensive program cuts appear inevitable.