The ISSCR Signals Concerns About Dangerous and Devastating Cuts to HHS in President Trump’s Draft FY 2026 Budget

The ISSCR joined with more than 500 health and research coalitions and organizations to express concern regarding the Trump administration’s draft (now proposed) Fiscal Year 2026 budget for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that proposes a nearly 40% cut to the National Institutes of Health.

In a letter sent to the Chairs and Ranking Members of the Senate and House Appropriations Subcommittees for Labor, Health and Human Services, and Related Agencies, signatories stressed that the proposed one-third reduction to the agency’s discretionary spending would devastate the nation’s premier biomedical research organization, and have severe negative consequences for the country’s scientific and public health infrastructure. These cuts would impede the progress of stem cell science and the development of cell-based therapies, and seriously undermine the U.S.’s ability to remain a global leader in developing the next generation of treatments and cures for disease.

Read the letter.