NIH 2013 BUDGET CUTS UPDATE

The budget cuts for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as a result of the sequester are being reported by the Science Insider. The NIH's budget fell by $1.55 billion to a total of $29.15 billion for the year, a 5 percent cut. The NIH would have awarded 34,902 grants but is cutting 1,357 of those, including 703 that would have been for new competing grants. The remaining of the grants cut would have been ongoing of previously funded research. NIH Director Francis Collins took to Twitter to express his frustration with the cuts, soliciting researchers to tell their tales of the sequester’s impact under the hashtag #NIHSequesterimpact. “I’ll be sharing some of your stories to try to turn this mess around,” he tweeted.