Across NIH, because most of the agency's budget goes to annual payments for ongoing grants, a nearly 20 % cut could leave virtually no funding for new awards in fiscal year 2018, Hudson says. (sciencemag.org)
The mandatory across - the - board federal cuts known as sequestration slashed $ 1.55 billion from NIH's budget this year and will result in belt - tightening at labs with ongoing grants as well as hundreds fewer new grants than in 2012. (sciencemag.org)
But to do this, NCI will trim ongoing grants by about 6 %, centers by 6.5 %, and contracts by 8.5 %. (sciencemag.org)